Back in April, as we came up the Grand Union back to Wigram's Turn and the end of the holiday, we passed several smallish brick buildings with shiny semi-cylindrical steel roofs beside locks.
I assume they are pumping stations, to back-pump water uphill.
I wonder how the pumping capacity and running costs compare with older pump houses, such as at Smethwick.
Today's ones certainly use fewer bricks!
Fast cars, a stolen Mercury and a surprise dragon.
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There are times (very few, I might add) when wild camping isn't all it's
cracked up to be. Last night, as the sun was setting, several cars raced up
to ...
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