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Irish Summer Tour 2007
15 - Monasterevin to Cavemount - Grand Canal Barrow and Shannon Lines.
Thursday 5th July 2007
Joe More the lock keeper (lock No 25 is now kept locked up overnight) was about at 09:00 and soon got us through his lock and the Monasterevin lift bridge. 14:15 saw us reach the New Barrow Line. So another new bit of canal, what can we say, it is weedy, but not as bad as the Old Barrow Line. Approaching Lowtown there are many moored boats, some in rather a state, others sunk!
At the junction with the Shannon Line we reversed back up to the diesel point at Lowtown Marine. Neil went into the yard and found the owner, the rather famous (in these parts) Caroline Few. The Few's came over many years ago from England, (after doing much inland boating) and started Lowtown Marine, the ONLY working boat yard on the Shannon
and Dublin Lines of the Grand Canal. Neil had a good moan about British Waterways and Caroline had a good moan about Waterways Ireland! We were apparently known in these parts as "The Tuesday Club":-)
We set off at 15:25, that afternoon the weather worsened, with rather lot of rain and
strong winds, which made the bog and embanked sections rather interesting. We still had a good days boating, egged on by John Chapman, determined he would get down to Limerick, before he had to leave. We tied up below the Bord Na Mona Cavemount Lift bridge at 21:15 to a maxi spag bol prepared by Neil, while John was getting soaked outside!
We have just turned up the New Barrow Line of the Grand Canal.
The New Barrow Line of the Grand Canal.
The New Barrow Line of the Grand Canal.
The moorings before Lowtown Marine. New Barrow Line of the Grand Canal.
Lowtown. The New Barrow Line of the Grand Canal.
Lowtown. The New Barrow Line of the Grand Canal. We about to turn into the
Shannon Line and reverse back up to Lowtown Marine.
After filling with diesel, Neil moans about British Waterways and Caroline Few
moans about Waterways Ireland!
We head back down the Shannon Line of the Grand Canal. Lowtown.
Towpath bridge over the entrance to the Barrow Line. Notice the sign has been
altered to Carrow-Lines Slowtown Toasty Muffin's!
The incredible straight before Edenderry. Grand Canal, Shannon Line.
Earnest on the Edenderry / Blundell Embankment. Grand Canal, Shannon Line.
Earnest on the Edenderry Embankment. Grand Canal, Shannon Line.
Edenderry Embankment. "The Tunnel" aqueduct. Grand Canal, Shannon
Line.
Earnest on the Edenderry Embankment, over "The Tunnel" Blundell
Aqueduct. Grand
Canal, Shannon Line.
John gets to steer over the bogs in a rain squall.
Incredible wind and rain over the bogs. Grand Canal, Shannon Line.
Incredible wind and rain over the bogs. Grand Canal, Shannon Line.
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