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.


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Tuesday, 2 March 2010

Oyster catchers, egrets and a kingfishers

This weeks new birds ...
Three oyster catchers ..

and an egret flying ..


and a kingfisher trying to eat a large (for it) fish



and swallowed ...


and a little grebe ..

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