Motorways on the Water

Canals, once the blood vessels of the nation
Daily barges carrying forty tonnes
Introducing a new way to beat inflation

Barges run by father and … Read the rest

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What is it we Love?

Canals, what is it we love?
No shelter from storms and tempests as you drive into the rain
But your canal soul rises above
My … Read the rest

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The Sluice Gate Broke

The day the sluice gate broke
“Unprecedented” was the word
And no one could do a stroke
Even occasionally a naughty word was heard


Kennet … Read the rest

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