Tappin Family Website Copyright © David Tappin (unless otherwise stated) Pablo Software Solutions
Back to Top

Please lets us know what you think of our site

Contact me david@tappin-family.org.uk
Family Member's Interests
David - NB Willoughby
Photo Gallery 1 - 2001 to 2004
Here in this first Gallery are photos taken from launch in 2001 and from our cruises up to 2002 on Narrowboat Willoughby. Click on the pictures for a larger image, more links are below. The table after the photo galleries shows the canals we cruised, some of the places we visited and the cruise statistics.
Naming Jul 2001

Naming Jul 2001
Original Co-owners Jul 2001

Original Co-owners Jul 2001
Interior looking aft

Interior looking aft
Interior showing sold fuel stove

Interior showing sold fuel stove
David Tappin co-owner

David Tappin co-owner
Cruise Planning 2001

Cruise Planning 2001
Ashby Canal Terminus 2002

Ashby Canal Terminus 2002
Hawksbury Jubction 2002

Hawksbury Jubction 2002
Grand Union 2002

Grand Union 2002
Grand Union Lock Working 2002

Grand Union Lock Working 2002
Banbury -

Banbury - "Gongoozlers"

"The Dream"
Date Canals Including Places Miles Locks Hours
           
Jul 2001 Grand Union Our Maiden Cruise. Blue Lias, Braunston, Stoke Buerne, Milton Keynes 80 48 43
Oct 2001 Grand Union, North Oxford, Coventry Hawksbury Junction, Hillmorton, Rugby, Coventry Basin 75 14 29
Apr 2002 Coventry, Ashby, North Oxford, Grand Union Ashby Canal Terminus, Stoke Golding, Bosworth 93 18 38
Aug 2002 Grand Union, Southern Oxford Napton, Fenny Compton, Banbury, Priors Hardwick 62 50 38
Nov 2002 Grand Union Nether Haywood, Bubgrooke 44 32 20
Feb 2003 Grand Union Leamington Spa, Warwick, Hatton Flight 48 90 28
Apr 2003 Grand Union Norton Junction, Nether Heyford, Weedon 57 32 27
Mar 2004 Grand Union, North Oxford, Coventry, Trent & Mersey Move to new Boatyard. Fradley Junction, Great Haywood, Etruria Stoke-on-Trent 94 43 41
Apr 2004 Llangollen, Shropshire Union, Middlewich Branch, Trent & Mersey Pontcysyllte and Chirk Aqueducts, Barbridge Junction, Middlewich, Harecastle Tunnel 74 56 39
Apr 2004 Trent & Mersey, Caldon Canal, Leek Branch Hazelhurst Junction, Leek Terminus, Stone, Shugborough 63 54 33
Nov 2004 Trent & Marsey Church Lawton, Middlewich Junction, Anderton Boat Lift 57 70 32
Mar 2004 - the move to Festival Park Marina, Stoke on Trent, on the Trent and Mersey Canal
At Barleston

At Barleston
Lift Bridge, Marina Entrance

Lift Bridge, Marina Entrance
Marina View

Marina View
Marina View

Marina View
Marina View

Marina View
Marina View

Marina View
Marina Services

Marina Services
Moored at the Services

Moored at the Services
April 2004 - Llangollen to Etruria
Moored at Llangollen

Moored at Llangollen
Co-owner Vic Rodwell

Co-owner Vic Rodwell
Harecastle Tunnel

Harecastle Tunnel
The centre picture was taken crossing the Chirk Aqueduct with the Great Western Railway Viaduct in the background: both were built by Thomas Telford. Note the distinctive colour of the canal water in and around the Harecastle Tunnel caused by the ironstone in the ground. The tunnel, also built by Telford is actually the second of three and is 2926 yards long (2676 metres).
Nov-Dec 2004 - Trent & Mersey to Anderton Boat Lift
Anderton Boat Lift

Anderton Boat Lift
A Restoration Project?

A Restoration Project?
Heading for Harecastle

Heading for Harecastle
The Anderton Boat Lift, opened in 1875, is one of only two boat lifts in the UK (the other is the modern Falkirk Wheel in Scotland) lifts boats 50 feet between the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal at Anderton in Cheshire. It closed in 1983 after corrosion problems but was restored and reopened by British Waterways in 2002.
Click on the Link to see photos
Photo Gallery 2001 - 2004 (this page)
Photo Gallery 2005
Photo Gallery 2006
Photo Gallery 2007