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Today at the Llangollen canal works at Whitchurch there were scenes of an 8-wheeled tipper being turned away. This was a delivery vehicle that was not one of the usual to be seen – one of which is depicted in the feature image above. As Canal and River Trust’s (CRT) Project Manager has said, they…
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The Llangollen has again entered the foray with another breach. Whether this is a sign of the impending doom that humanity has been waiting for (eg massive forest fires, extreme heatwaves, lack of rainfall etc) isn’t yet certain but there’s no doubt there’s something in the misty horizons that we’re not yet fully seeing or…
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Switzerland’s first ever cable car was once to be found near Grindelwald. Sometimes it is extolled as the first in the world – which it certainly is when it is described in the technical sense it was – as lift or aufzug (German for elevator). The Wetterhorn Aufzug was a short lived operation nevertheless in…
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A quick post on the latest involving the Llangollen canal at Whitchurch especially after a comment that was posted on this blog. Yesterday several including Taylors and Court Above the Cut attended a tour of the breach site conducted by CRT’s Project Manager. At the point where they went down to the entrance to the…
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A short post on those exciting (or in the eyes of some, infernal) new autonomous driving vehicles seen about London. I reported that I’d seen my first one on 22nd April 2026, as described in this recent post. That one was LD73 PGS. Quite a number of others have been sighted since – with both…
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This is the first canal breach post since 29th January 2026 when the last one was done! However I have kept a continual monitor upon what has been happening and made lots of notes and screencaps and links to various videos and the different stages of the work to begin to set up the Whitchurch…
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The main news is Euston’s new Assisted Travel Lounge that recently opened. More on that in a bit but first a brief on the Waymos being seen about London’s streets… 1) Way to go! Spotted my very first Waymo yesterday! What an exciting moment! Like all other reports of Waymos in London this had a…
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2026 is the Wuppertal Schwebebahn 125th Anniversary! The railway’s first ever test run took place on 5th December 1898, thus the world’s longest surviving monorail system began life much earlier than is often thought. The 125th anniversary is related to the actual opening of the line in 1901 – whilst also not forgetting the Kasier’s…
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England and Wales’ canal network will receive an additional £6.5 million in government funding to enhance resilience against extreme weather and maintenance costs. This adds to the existing £52.6 million annual funding for the Canal and River Trust (CRT). The investment aims to extend the life of critical assets such as embankments and reservoirs, supporting…
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Which of the two major canal breach sites of 2025 will it be that gets to see its repairs finished first. The answer is doubtless Whitchurch. That on the Bridgewater, well in my view its going to be finished sometime in 2027. For most of 2026 however, the two will be running concurrently thus it…
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