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Tortoise: Con-stern-ation*

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Four thousand miles of garden. Thursday, 5 March 2015. It goes without saying that Tortoise is a strange boat, and not least in the nether regions. The prop shafts slopes downwards, river-style (there's a bloody great universal joint just to the right of the picture). To the near right there's a plate that the shaft passes through, but serves no useful purpose, as far as I can see, but. On the left, stuffing box and lock nut. That I understand. Well, there was no call for a gland pun, was there? Next cha...

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Tortoise: April 2014

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Four thousand miles of garden. Wednesday, 23 April 2014. The Holy Greyhound: Guinefort'. All over the world, threading through a multitude of diverse cultures, and as some scholars assert, perhaps originating in prehistoric times, there has been passed down a legend of a heroic, selfless greyhound'. On Saturday, Blackbird. Fortuitously coincided at Apsley, and very pleasantly moved up to Berkhamstead together;. Then, on Monday, John Finnemore (author of modern day radio classic Cabin Pressure. So, neatly...

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Tortoise: Something worth regretting

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Four thousand miles of garden. Wednesday, 10 September 2014. I largely agree with whoever said that the only things you can regret are the things not done. and not stopping at Virtual Orchard cider. For a couple of bottles was one. I passed this guy merrily stomping apples in a trailer, with crates of apples next to him. It was early Tues morning - not yet nine, possibly. I asked him how much he loved his job - he grinned and held out his arms as wide as they would go. 10 September 2014 at 21:49. At the ...

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Tortoise: September 2013

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Four thousand miles of garden. Sunday, 8 September 2013. The Good Mooring Guide. Anywhere but under this tree! This was after a week. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Good Mooring Guide. View my complete profile. How fate was sealed. This event is the stuff of legend, but until randomly browsing today, looking for something entirely different, I had no idea that the occasion had been . Winning a seriously big IWA trophy. Pre-trip pause: Day 1. Boat Blog: The Odyssey 2016 – Day 41 – River Thames. Wittgenst...

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Tortoise: April 2015

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Four thousand miles of garden. Monday, 13 April 2015. I kind of hoped I'd get a matching teapot or something with the forth, but alas. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. How fate was sealed. This event is the stuff of legend, but until randomly browsing today, looking for something entirely different, I had no idea that the occasion had been . Winning a seriously big IWA trophy. Pre-trip pause: Day 1. Boat Blog: The Odyssey 2016 – Day 41 – River Thames. Rewind to Sunday 24th Ju. Wittge...

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Tortoise: March 2015

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Four thousand miles of garden. Thursday, 5 March 2015. It goes without saying that Tortoise is a strange boat, and not least in the nether regions. The prop shafts slopes downwards, river-style (there's a bloody great universal joint just to the right of the picture). To the near right there's a plate that the shaft passes through, but serves no useful purpose, as far as I can see, but. On the left, stuffing box and lock nut. That I understand. Well, there was no call for a gland pun, was there? Boat Blo...

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Tortoise: Photo Opportunity?

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Four thousand miles of garden. Thursday, 21 August 2014. The weekend of 18th/19th Oct, the "Great Western Society, based at Didcot. Are running steam railmotor trips down the line from Southall to Brentford, which closely follows the route of the Grand Union down to Brentford. I've nicked their picture, but probably fair use, as this is a plug for their trip - book here. So if anyone with an old boat, who fancied lurking about at Three Bridges that weekend for the fun of having a few photos? Just re-post...

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Tortoise: February 2015

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Four thousand miles of garden. Thursday, 12 February 2015. The Shipping Forecast Radio. Quite often at a car boot Ill come back with something with no idea why I bothered to buy it, and this was one of those things. I think I had a vague thought about stripping a couple of bits from it. A closer inspection the following day revealed it was a bit more complicated than that, as the saying goes. Thats a timer added to the end, with familiar time settings:. Friday, 6 February 2015. Sofa so good.*. Winning a ...

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Tortoise: A Little Dark over Bill's Mothers

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Four thousand miles of garden. Sunday, 17 August 2014. A Little Dark over Bill's Mothers. Actually, we were pretty lucky with the weather this weekend, but when have I ever let reality get in the way of a good title). That represented our one monetary dalliance with the local bardic tourist industry. You can read more, by clicking on the bit that says 'read more'. More animals (and people in period, yet practical, dress). Herbs drying by the range:. Alas I failed to take a picture in the main kitchen, bu...

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Tortoise: You don't have you be mad to work here...

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Four thousand miles of garden. Monday, 18 August 2014. You don't have you be mad to work here. One of the few things in Stratford not entirely based on some bloke who wrote plays ( or extracting money out of those here because of him) was another highlight of the trip - The Mechanical Art and Design Museum. Full of various machines and automatons - imagine a particularly vivid dream after playing Mousetrap. This one repeated wrote in the sand, and then wiped out what was written. It was a lovely, bonker,...