{"id":3688,"date":"2019-07-28T19:37:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-28T18:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=3688"},"modified":"2019-07-28T19:37:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-28T18:37:29","slug":"day-78-soggy-sightseers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=3688","title":{"rendered":"Day 78 &#8211; Soggy Sightseers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We awoke this morning to more rain, it was quite nice to have an enforced lie in as the museum doesn&#8217;t open until 10am.  I still can&#8217;t get used to being moored next to some big boats.  Cuddington is a Weaver packet boat built in 1948, and carried chemicals such as soda ash for ICI down the Weaver and Mersey to Liverpool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1440\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06001.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06001-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06001-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are a row of Porters cottages decorated for different periods, this is the 1950&#8217;s cottage, loving the ducks on the wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06036.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06036.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06036.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06036-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06036-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was an ice breaker boat on display, these boats didn&#8217;t have motors, they were pulled by the horse and rocked side to side.  Toby had great fun trying out the simulator and rocking backwards and forwards, I think he looks more like a character from the Michael Jackson Thriller song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06015.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06015.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3687\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=3687\" class=\"wp-image-3687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06015.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06015-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06015-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06041.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06041.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3682\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=3682\" class=\"wp-image-3682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06041.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06041-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06041-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Very little is known about the remains of this wooden boat other than the name Lily and it&#8217;s likely to have carried coal with the NVB stamp.  It&#8217;s unusual in that you can see the nails where the sides of the boat would have been. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06008.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06008.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06008-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06008-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We both took a shine to Friendship and the wonderful story of a couple living on the boat for over 50 years delivering coal.  It was horsedrawn by Dolly for 40 years until sadly Dolly fell on the ice and into the canal.  The owners lived in the small boatman&#8217;s cabin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06026.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06026.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06026-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06026-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lots of steam engines to see too, the boilers reminded us of Crofton Pumping station on the Kennet and Avon canal.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06028.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06028.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3679\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=3679\" class=\"wp-image-3679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06028.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06028-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06028-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06031.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"3680\" data-link=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?attachment_id=3680\" class=\"wp-image-3680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06031.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06031-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06031-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Gardiner engine is just for you Peter, you speak fondly (and often) of your time there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06049.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06049.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06049.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06049-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06049-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We awoke this morning to more rain, it was quite nice to have an enforced lie in as the museum doesn&#8217;t open until 10am. I still can&#8217;t get used to being moored next to some big boats. Cuddington is a Weaver packet boat built in 1948, and carried chemicals such as soda ash for ICI &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=3688\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 78 &#8211; Soggy Sightseers<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[34],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-3688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-grand-tour","tag-shropshire-union"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/DSC06015.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8PLyH-Xu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3688"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3691,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3688\/revisions\/3691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}