http://www.katiman.org.uk Travels Around The Waterways Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:58:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On August 22, 2010, John and Pam took Katiman from its Swallow mooring (Hockley Heath) to Alvechurch Marina. This is destined to be the last voyage of Katiman, before she is sold and, presumably, re-named? [caption id="attachment_111" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Past Lady Lane where Katiman moored many winters"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_109" align="alignleft" width="300" ... http://www.katiman.org.uk/?p=114 [caption id="attachment_97" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Strange?"][/caption] Through Wasthills Tunnel again, and some more 'random' photograpghs! What does this mean?  Strange...?  And what has 'Tipton' to do with it? This is on the left wall, travelling towards Alvechurch, about midway through the tunnel. http://www.katiman.org.uk/?p=99 Joan on the stern of Katiman. [caption id="attachment_136" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Joan, Katiman's owner and designer."][/caption] http://www.katiman.org.uk/?p=137 [caption id="attachment_59" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Joan, Elliot & Kira in Stratford"][/caption] Katiman spent a couple of weeks, in August 2009, in Stratford basin, surrounded by tourists and holiday makers.  Several times Joan had to ask tourists not to sit, uninvited, on the stern of Katiman, although she was pleased to assists with photographs of ... http://www.katiman.org.uk/?p=57 Prior to their annual trip to The Lakes, John & Cory joined Katiman on her trip into Manchester. This canal is usually very low, with restrictions applying to number of boats through the top lock. [caption id="attachment_140" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cory holds Katiman alongside the Great Wall of Todmorden"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_160" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="West ... http://www.katiman.org.uk/?p=141 [caption id="attachment_154" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Netherton Tunnel"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_152" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Birmingham"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_149" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Guillotine lock, Kings Noton"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_150" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Joan"][/caption] http://www.katiman.org.uk/?p=155 John & Todd joined Joan for a very hot weekend along the Nene, and a different kind of lock. [caption id="attachment_131" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Todd operates while Joan takes Katiman through"][/caption] http://www.katiman.org.uk/?p=128 On 8 May 2005, John, Todd and Cory helped take Katiman through Wasthills Tunnel, on the Birmingham-Worcester Canal. New-fangled with his digital camera, John took several photographs in the dark based on vague shapes and light they passed. These show the amazing calcification built up over the years. [caption id="attachment_76" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Wasthills ... http://www.katiman.org.uk/?p=72 [caption id="attachment_164" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Past the Houses of Parliament"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_14" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Towards Tower Bridge"][/caption] On Saturday, 10 July 2004, Joan, her son John, and his son Todd, took Katiman down the Thames, from Kingston to Limehouse. I imagined, being such a big river, being able to sneek down the edge, avoiding ... http://www.katiman.org.uk/?p=47