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jenchris
27-08-2014, 08:35 AM
Did a little exploring in the west Country.
Bristol -home to ss Great Britain
Third pic . Boat on the right is mine
blink138
27-08-2014, 09:38 AM
lucky girl jen!
pat
Regulus
28-08-2014, 12:23 AM
Nice pics Jennifer.
is your boat one of the canal boats? It likes like a nice place to be in for a while.
jenchris
28-08-2014, 01:25 AM
45 ft narrowboat.
home for summer every year until I'm too old to wind the locks.
cuts into my astro time but it's a good trade
koputai
28-08-2014, 08:56 AM
Looks fab. Brunel was an amazing man, almost as amazing as Thomas Telford!

Cheers,
Jason.
barx1963
28-08-2014, 09:46 AM
I can remember visiting the SS Great Britain in 1971 not long after it arrived back from the Falklands. I was only 8 at the time but it is a very clear memory.
Nice to see they wonderful restoration job they have done.

Also love the narrowboat Jen!

Malcolm
Regulus
28-08-2014, 04:49 PM
That looks wonderful Jennifer. So envious.
A boat story: When were were young all those many decades ago, my big brother was a model builder and his crowning achievement was a metre long model of the Cutty Sark, a boart famous in Australian history. Some time ago he got to go to England and he toured the ship and was really excited by it. His timing was perfect because it burned down to the water line a week later. Sometimes you can just be lucky.
Trev

http://www.london-attractions.info/cutty-sark.htm