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Post by **Rockburner** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:24 am

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!

There's a good description of this in one of the lesser-known Hornblower books. : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/770 ... he_Atropos

Post by **Mr. Dazzle** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:27 am

Rockburner 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

That's exactly what I was thinking

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:44 am

Taipan wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:01 am
Yorick wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 9:52 am Just took this to send to Mrs in UK. I like it.

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How heavy was that raIn!!! A boat has washed up in your garden!!

Post by **Count Steer** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:18 pm

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!

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.

Post by **Count Steer** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:19 pm

Count Steer wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:18 pm
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!

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 was v little clearance on their boat iirc but in that pic there's too much.

Post by **mangocrazy** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:00 pm

Count Steer wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:18 pm
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!

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.

If one of those guys stood up unnanounced, his mate would be in the cut, sharpish...

Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:04 pm

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.

Post by **Rockburner** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:11 pm

Yorick wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:04 pm 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.

Depends on the height of the tunnel over the barge etc etc.

Post by **Mr. Dazzle** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:14 pm

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.

Post by **Druid** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:27 pm

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.

Post by **mangocrazy** » Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:30 pm

Druid wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:27 pm
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.

I did take onboard a number of the local colloquialisms, it's true...

David · Post by **David** » Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:08 am

Yorick wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 3:04 pm 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.

The boat , if loaded, would be too far down in the water.

Post by **KungFooBob** » Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:14 pm

RE FTW.

Sadlonelygit · Post by **Sadlonelygit** » Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:54 am

Must teach the wife how to read!

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Post by **Wossname** » Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:18 pm

Met this cheeky chappie on the path today. I could have touched him…

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Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:58 pm

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Post by **Lutin** » Wed Apr 03, 2024 5:08 pm

Mistle Thrush (or Storm Cock, if you prefer) in the garden just now -

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Yorick · Post by **Yorick** » Fri Apr 05, 2024 6:06 pm

Calima!!!!

The wind normally blows from N.W. but today its from S.W. that brings hot weather (30c now) and dust storm from Africa.

Was sunny and blue skies this morning. Everything outside is covered in dust/sand.

Just been to a mates and couldn't see the volcanoes.

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No sea view today

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