Godalming Navigation near Shalford, Surrey

The navigation equipment on this small island isa bold slash of orange in a muted seascape.

River Elbe near Cuxhaven

 

View On Black

Dirty windows, unfortunately!

Wey Navigation near Godalming

Navigation beacon by the river

An image from Washington Crossing state park at a celebration for George Washington's 285th birthday.

Infrared of walkers at junction between Wey Navigation and Basingstoke canals.

St. Catherine's Lock on the Godalming Navigation

When lost over Southern England, it's always a relief to stumble upon the unmistakeable cooling towers of Didcot power station. Also handy for figuring out the wind direction.

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Taken in Croatia on the Island of Brač

Rail Operations Group-operated TransPennine Express Class 68, 68021 "Tireless" crosses the Dutton Viaduct propelling stored Mk5a TPE set TP12 on 5Q70 08:58 Walton Old Junction MSC Sidings to Wolverton Centre Sidings.

 

(TP12 = 11512 12734 12735 12736 12812)

Photographed the stars outside the Lower Navigation Colliery.

In the late 1930s directions were painted on rooftops to point the way to towns or airports. I ran across this sign at a remote ranch in the middle of nowhere (actually in the middle of Montana). By the sign on this barn, you can see Helena is 35 miles away.

Still in the same roll of illford 100, but now on a second trip out to Terlingua, Texas (several weeks after the first trip yielding the photos up to this one).

 

This time I went out with Thomas to stay on his property in Terlingua. Here he is taking a GPS reading with his hand-held. We played alot with mapping and gps software on that trip, however the classic USGS topo survey plates of that area are still appealing... we even bought one plate despite being able to download scans of them online.

 

"Solitario" area of the Terlingua Ranch in the west Texas desert.

This is a photo of a line-up of navigation buoys located at the Yarmouth buoy wall.

Parts of instrument panels, from Chalk's old flying boats, make up the bar at the Miami Seaplane Base on Watson Island.

Wey Navigation, Papercourt Meadows

Calder and Hebble Navigation

 

Elland

 

13th November 2020

 

L&YR Aspinall class 27 0-6-0 No.12322 operating a Preston Riverside-Strand Road service on the Ribble Steam Railway on 13 September 2014. It is passing the exchange sidings, used by the Ribble Rail Bitumen trains during the week to take over the full tankers from the National Network and form the empties for collection.

 

© Copyright Gordon Edgar - Strictly no unauthorised use

Inn at Lapworth in Warwickshire.

 

Now closed permanaently as of July 2025!

Modern and the old, lights and stars.

Walsham Weir on the Wey Navigation

Triggs Lock, Wey Navigation

If you know, you know

The motor vessel Paul R. Tregurtha backs into the Midwest Energy loading dock after passing under the John A. Blatnik bridge. The Richard I. Bong bridge can be seen to the right of the Tregurtha.

Godalming Navigation near Farncombe

Grampian Dee

 

General

IMO: 9599470

Name: GRAMPIAN DEE

MMSI: 235091304

Vessel Type: STANDBY SAFETY VESSEL

Gross Tonnage: 1343

Summer DWT: 690 t

Build: 2012

Flag: UNITED KINGDOM

Home port: ABERDEEN

 

Dimensions

LOA 50.70 metres

LBP 40.40 metres

Breadth Moulded 13.00 metres

Draft Loaded / Depth 4.3 metres / 6.0 metres

 

Tonnage

GRT 1130 Tonnes

NRT 398 Tonnes

DWT 690 Tonnes

 

Capacities/Cranes

 

Fuel Oil (MGO) / Connection 300 m³

Fresh Water / Connection 150 m³

Ballast Water Approx 350 m³

Oil Based Mud / Connection N/A

Brine / Connection N/A

DMA (Base Fluid) / Connection N/A

Dry Bulk(s) / Connection N/A

Deck Area Approx 120 m² (Steel Deck)

Deck Loading 3 Tonnes per metre²

Deck Crane # 1 Heila 1.5T @ 15 Metres (3t @ 10m)

Deck Crane # 2 N/A

Deck Crane # 3 N/A

Winch Option - Buoy Recovery System fitted

Wire Reel N/A

Deck Tuggers N/A

 

Engines/Thrusters/Aux

Main Engine(s) MAK 6M20 (2133 BHP)

Propeller(s) 1 x CPP

Bow Thruster(s) HRP Azimuth @ 500BHP

Stern Thruster(s) N/A

Rudder Systems / Type Fishtail HP Rudder

Aux Engines 2 x Cat @ 547kW per unit

Shaft PTO’s 1 x PTO from Main Engine

 

Emergency Generators 1 x Emer Genset @ 365 kW

 

Control Systems/Dynamic Positioning

Control Positions Fwd, Aft, Port & Stbd

 

Full Manual Control Fwd & Aft consoles

 

Integrated Joystick Control Coverteam Joystick System

 

Joystick Control Aft, Port and Starboard consoles

 

Dynamic Positioning System N/A

 

Fan Beam Laser N/A

 

DGPS # 1 N/A

 

DGPS # 2 N/A

 

Hydro Acoustic Pos Ref # 1 N/A

 

Hydro Acoustic Pos Ref # 2 N/A

 

Vertical Taut Wire N/A

 

Rescue/Emergency Response Equipment

Daughter Craft Davit # 1 NED DECK MARINE Heave Compensated

 

Daughter Craft Delta Phantom 10.25 metre (Diesel)

 

Daughter Craft Davit # 2 Option

 

Daughter Craft Option

 

Fast Rescue Craft Davit # 1 NED DECK MARINE Heave Compensated

 

Fast Rescue Craft 1 x Avon SR 6.4 15 Man (Petrol)

Dacon Scoop Fitted

 

Dacon Rescue Crane Heila Telescopic Boom crane 1.5t@15m

 

Cosalt Rescue Basket Fitted & Launched from aft deck

 

Jason Cradles Frames Fitted

 

Winch Area Located on Aft Main Deck

 

Emergency Towing Capability Towing Hook Fitted

 

Dispersant Tanks 2 x 5 Tonne Tanks below Main Deck

 

Dispersant Spray Booms Fully outfitted Port & Starboard

 

Searchlights 4 x IBAK Kiel Fwd, Port, Stbd & Aft

 

Navigation/Communication Equipment

Radar(s) (Fwd) Furuno 2817 ARPA Furuno 2837 ARPA

 

Radar Rptr (Aft) Hatteland

 

ECDIS Microplot ECDIS

 

PLB System N/A

 

DGPS(s) Furuno DGPS 90

 

Gyro(s) Anschutz S22 Gyro

 

Autopilot Anschutz NP 60

 

Magnetic Comp Gillie 2000

 

Echo Sounder FE 700 ES

 

Digital Depth Recorder FE 720

 

Navtex Furuno NX 700 Navtex

 

Sat Comms Inmarsat C Felcon, Fleet 77 CapSat (A3)

 

MF/HF Radio Furuno FS 2570 C (A3)

 

UHF 3 x UHF Units

 

VHF (Fwd) FM8800 GMDSS VHF, ICOM ICM 401E

 

VHF (Aft) FM8800 GMDSS VHF, ICOM ICM 401E

 

Helo Radio ICOM IC A110

 

AIS Jotrun AIS TR 2500

 

VHF Direction Finder Taiyo TDL 1550

 

Doppler Log Furuno DS 80

 

SSAS Furuno Felcom

 

Portable VHF 3 x Jotrun GMDSS

 

Portable VHF 6 x ENTEL HT 640 VHF

 

Portable UHF 3 x ENTEL HT 880 UHF

 

Portable UHF 2 x Kenwood UHF

 

Sonic Helmets 4 x Sonic Helmets Mk 10

 

Smartpatch Phone ICOM PS1

 

Crew Facilities

 

Crew Cabins 15 Man Single Berth cabins c/w en suite facilites

Recreation & Leisure 1 Messroom, 2 Lounges

Leisure 1x Sauna, 1x Gym, 1x Ship's Office

Metrolink tram 3037 on an Altrincham to Etihad Campus service passes 66181 0n a Dowlow to Theale limestone train.

Newark, UK. Trent navigation on the left and river on the right.

Aldridge Marina is to be found on the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Daw End Branch), at Brickyard Road, Aldridge. The facility offers private moorings for a number of narrow boats.

Keeping an eye on the route to make sure the bus driver knows the way and we're on the right track. That first-time-in-a-new-city feeling.

Out and about on a short lunchtime walk, the purpose of which was to run a test roll through my 1952 Kodak Retina IIa camera.

 

I'm very pleased with it; the Schneider-Kreuznach lens is super sharp. The shutter is light and the rangefinder is accurate.

 

Photo taken in Beckets Park, Northampton. The boat is moored on the Nene navigation.

 

30.11.18

 

Kodak Retina IIa/ 50mm f2 Schneider-Kreuznach lens.

Kodak ColorPlus 200 film.

C-41 processing by www.skearsphoto.com