ZimbiIV Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Fares please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizG Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Joke you not! Just won't get you under Potter! Liz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pks1702 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Just won't get you under Potter! Oh I don't know just open and window Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmtree Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Cliff Richard might hire it..... Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Ricko Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 All this talk of floating coaches is making me wonder wether to MOT the holiday wagon or stick it on a pontoon http://wakefieldfiles.co.uk/rrf769b.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senator Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Have to say the coach makes the london duck look a bit old hat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebenzine Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Would be great if other parts of the broads could be opened up for better access not just the Potter bridge. Just think if the lock was reinstated at Horstead/Coltishall maybe people would be able to eventually sail up to Aylsham as the wherrys once did? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodall_m1 Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Would be great if other parts of the broads could be opened up for better access not just the Potter bridge. Just think if the lock was reinstated at Horstead/Coltishall maybe people would be able to eventually sail up to Aylsham as the wherrys once did? I expect that a major amount of dredging would be required before that was possible... Still larger restoration projects have occurred in the past, e.g. on various Canals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBA Marine Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I expect that a major amount of dredging would be required before that was possible... Still larger restoration projects have occurred in the past, e.g. on various Canals A lot of dredging, and a lot of work at Buxton mill. you could also with enough will, desire and funding re-instate though North Walsham to where I am on the Antingham/Southrepps border. Man did this once and I wish enough men cared enough to do it again, it would make our county very special (not to mention increasing the low ground levels and improved drainage) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I'm pretty sure that I read somewhere that part of the reason why the North Walsham and Dilham canal failed was lack of water to run the locks. The water table and rainwater catchment area was insufficient, and I believe it was artificially pumped, even during it's commercial use period, one of the reasons it became no longer viable. Given the nearness of the Horsted to Aylsham section of the Bure, water supply could well have been a limiting factor there too. The Wherries that used to ply that section were smaller than the standard Broads design too, due to the size of the locks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBA Marine Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I'm pretty sure that I read somewhere that part of the reason why the North Walsham and Dilham canal failed was lack of water to run the locks. The water table and rainwater catchment area was insufficient, and I believe it was artificially pumped, even during it's commercial use period, one of the reasons it became no longer viable. Given the nearness of the Horsted to Aylsham section of the Bure, water supply could well have been a limiting factor there too. The Wherries that used to ply that section were smaller than the standard Broads design too, due to the size of the locks. But surely if the land was dug low enough to sea level which for most of Norfolk is not all that far down it would always have water in it, the old N walsham canal can't be more than 4 miles from the coast at any point, including right up as far as i am its about 3 miles to Trimmngham and Overstrand, no need for locks if you lower the trench, there maybe minimal flow from natural land drainage to rivers but it it would rise and fall with the tide. Would it not? I'm no expert here so please correct me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I'm no expert either, but each lock lifts the water level by approx 2 metres. The task of lowering a canal bed by even just one lock lift ( 2 metres), would be very expensive and complex. To undercut an existing waterfilled canal and rebuild and support the raised vertical banks as high level retaining walls would be expensive enough, but the resultant waterway would be like navigating a drain, with vertical sides extending high above any of the boats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebenzine Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 They did start building a canel between Burgh and Aylsham but it was never finished, but if you look on google earth you can still seen it even today. It just gets shallower until it becomes a scar in the field next to the river. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshman Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Sadly Strow is right (again!) and the old NW & D canal suffered badly from a lack of water - even the Aylsham navigation was never flush (!) with it, the common factor being lack of maintenance in the upper reaches to enable water to actually reach the various extensions. In times of high rainfall perhaps it was not too bad but even this spring there was virtually no water going through the old mill at Horstead. Perhaps I am being controversial as ever (!) but I believe whilst there is some support for the restoration of these extended reaches, it would only be for unpowered craft and it is inappropriate to expect them to be opened to general traffic - it would certainly not have my support. These reaches are idyllic, far removed from the hustle and bustle of the other bits of the Broads and long may they remain so. And as for a canal from the sea - that would be handy altering as it would the whole ecology and appeal of the Broads. What would the fisherman say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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