our first meal ..
and cooking it on the wood-stove ..
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Myrtle's History
Myrtle is a Thames lighter or dumb barge i.e she never had an engine, but was just towed around. She was probably used for holding gravel. If I understand it correctly, her fore and aft holds would have been filled with water, and then, as the gravel was added the water would flow out. The remains of the pipes are still there in the holds, and the walls have been lined with a thin layer of concrete in the past.
Pictures from Myrtle's album
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- Barge 345 .. Myrtle's missus barge
- Wild and windy high tide!
- Interesting neighbours for the last few days ..
- An OAP moves an 80 ton boat single-handedly in the...
- A wandering gang-plank ......
- A New Boat tries to get in
- Oyster catchers, egrets and a kingfishers
- Out in Bootlebumtrinket today ..
- A very high tide!
- and sorting things out ..
- Moving day!
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