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Legging
Legging was the method of getting a boat through a tunnel. On short tunnels, the legging was done by the boat owner and crew. At long tunnels, professional leggers were available. At the 3 mile long Standedge Tunnel expert leggers could get an empty boat through in 1 hour 20 minutes, taking 3 hours with a full load, for which they were paid 1s 6d!
Legging was the method of getting a boat through a tunnel. On short tunnels, the legging was done by the boat owner and crew. At long tunnels, professional leggers were available. At the 3 mile long Standedge Tunnel expert leggers could get an empty boat through in 1 hour 20 minutes, taking 3 hours with a full load, for which they were paid 1s 6d!
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There's a good description of this in one of the lesser-known Hornblower books. : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/770 ... he_AtroposTaipan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:07 am Legging
Legging was the method of getting a boat through a tunnel. On short tunnels, the legging was done by the boat owner and crew. At long tunnels, professional leggers were available. At the 3 mile long Standedge Tunnel expert leggers could get an empty boat through in 1 hour 20 minutes, taking 3 hours with a full load, for which they were paid 1s 6d!
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That's exactly what I was thinkingRockburner wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:24 am There's a good description of this in one of the lesser-known Hornblower books. : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/770 ... he_Atropos
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That was on the telly a couple of days ago. Think it was a programme about 'the age of the canal'. They were legging it through the Standedge. I always thought they lay on their backs and walked on the roof, but there's v little clearance.Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:07 am Legging
Legging was the method of getting a boat through a tunnel. On short tunnels, the legging was done by the boat owner and crew. At long tunnels, professional leggers were available. At the 3 mile long Standedge Tunnel expert leggers could get an empty boat through in 1 hour 20 minutes, taking 3 hours with a full load, for which they were paid 1s 6d!
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Count Steer wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:18 pmThat was on the telly a couple of days ago. Think it was a programme about 'the age of the canal'. They were legging it through the Standedge. I always thought they lay on their backs and walked on the roof, but there was v little clearance on their boat iirc but in that pic there's too much.Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:07 am Legging
Legging was the method of getting a boat through a tunnel. On short tunnels, the legging was done by the boat owner and crew. At long tunnels, professional leggers were available. At the 3 mile long Standedge Tunnel expert leggers could get an empty boat through in 1 hour 20 minutes, taking 3 hours with a full load, for which they were paid 1s 6d!
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If one of those guys stood up unnanounced, his mate would be in the cut, sharpish...Count Steer wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:18 pmThat was on the telly a couple of days ago. Think it was a programme about 'the age of the canal'. They were legging it through the Standedge. I always thought they lay on their backs and walked on the roof, but there's v little clearance.Taipan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:07 am Legging
Legging was the method of getting a boat through a tunnel. On short tunnels, the legging was done by the boat owner and crew. At long tunnels, professional leggers were available. At the 3 mile long Standedge Tunnel expert leggers could get an empty boat through in 1 hour 20 minutes, taking 3 hours with a full load, for which they were paid 1s 6d!
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Surely make more sense to lay in line with the boat. Then muscles work naturally.
Bit weird to work the legs sideways
But seemed to work OK.
Bit weird to work the legs sideways
But seemed to work OK.
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Depends on the height of the tunnel over the barge etc etc.
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I have actually tried it, just for a laugh. We did a couple of canal boat holidays when I was a kid/teenager and we gave it go.
Lying on your back on the roof and walking backwards was easiest IIRC, but that relies on the roof being close enough! There was also one tunnel (which we didn't try legging) where the roof practically scrapes the top of your boat due to subsidence. Harecastle, or something like that, I seem to remember.
Lying on your back on the roof and walking backwards was easiest IIRC, but that relies on the roof being close enough! There was also one tunnel (which we didn't try legging) where the roof practically scrapes the top of your boat due to subsidence. Harecastle, or something like that, I seem to remember.
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mangocrazy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:00 pm
If one of those guys stood up unnanounced, his mate would be in the cut, sharpish...
I've just been reading the "Accents" thread, but that expression marks you out as a midlander for sure.
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I did take onboard a number of the local colloquialisms, it's true...Druid wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:27 pmmangocrazy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:00 pm
If one of those guys stood up unnanounced, his mate would be in the cut, sharpish...
I've just been reading the "Accents" thread, but that expression marks you out as a midlander for sure.
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A sparrowhawk grabbed a Blackbird in the garden yesterday.
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RE FTW.
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