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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2020 15:24:42 GMT
Three boozers...
its all you need.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 20, 2020 15:30:17 GMT
"Among the numerous ghoulish ‘spirits’ which are said to haunt the canal is ‘The Man Monkey’ shaggy creature said to be the ghost of a boatman drowned in the 19th Century. He has been seen on Bridge 39 at Norbury" "I heard heavy footsteps and a clinking sound coming along the towpath. I didn’t pay it much attention, thinking it was just another angler on his way home. The sound continued to get louder and louder, so I looked around, expecting to see someone almost upon me, but there was nobody there at all – not a soul for as far as I could see! At that point the air around me suddenly went freezing cold – despite it being a balmy July evening. I packed up in double time and left, vowing never to return on my own!” "Betton Cutting, Shropshire Union Canal, Shropshire The canal system around Market Drayton is home to two ghoulish residents, a shrieking spectre that causes boatmen to rush through Betton Cutting, and a friendly ghost at Tyrley middle lock who closes the lock gates behind night-time boaters."
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Post by quaysider on Oct 20, 2020 16:20:15 GMT
it was leaking like buggery the week before last - took 3 of us to get the top gate open with the boat in gear pushing againt it too ... it's a shame you couldn't get through before they close it as it WAS dooable but wasted an awful lot of water in the process.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2020 16:51:02 GMT
The Shroppie is also nice, but haunted by a screaming monkey. Well it will be in a few days. So who's the other one?
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 20, 2020 18:32:07 GMT
The Shroppie is also nice, but haunted by a screaming monkey. Well it will be in a few days. So who's the other one? I counted two when I was reading about it - Betton Cutting's Shrieking Spectre, and the Black Monkey of Bridge 39 (I think). It is, admittedly, a bit intimidating and creepy way down in those deep cuttings. I went through on my own Christmas before last, as dusk was gathering... I had the stove on and left a thick trail of blue coal smoke through the cuttings and I'm sure I could hear the monkey coughing his lungs out. I drove the boat a few hours in the dark... Nantwich to Audlem, Betton Cutting to Market Drayton, Norbury Junction to Gnosall, and Gnosall to Brewood. A bit scary on your own, but I had the axe close by.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2020 18:48:17 GMT
it was leaking like buggery the week before last - took 3 of us to get the top gate open with the boat in gear pushing againt it too ... it's a shame you couldn't get through before they close it as it WAS dooable but wasted an awful lot of water in the process. The stated purpose of the stoppage is to repair the cill, doesn't mention the gates.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2020 19:03:45 GMT
Well it will be in a few days. So who's the other one? I counted two when I was reading about it - Betton Cutting's Shrieking Spectre, and the Black Monkey of Bridge 39 (I think). It is, admittedly, a bit intimidating and creepy way down in those deep cuttings. I went through on my own Christmas before last, as dusk was gathering... I had the stove on and left a thick trail of blue coal smoke through the cuttings and I'm sure I could hear the monkey coughing his lungs out. I drove the boat a few hours in the dark... Nantwich to Audlem, Betton Cutting to Market Drayton, Norbury Junction to Gnosall, and Gnosall to Brewood. A bit scary on your own, but I had the axe close by. The paranormal is an entire discussion on its own to be fair, but I will say that personally, I experienced a very unusual series of incidents over an 8-10 month period when I first moved into my house in the late summer of 1999, including objects moving in front of my eyes (with witnesses), things falling from their places in different rooms, and unusual noises at all hours. There was a very weird evening with a lady guest, towards whom I had amorous intentions- but after an evening of repeated and very odd incidents, both of our focus turned more towards the paranormal than the romantic. So the ghosts played gooseberry that night. But joking aside, after evaluating the best rational explanations that I could put together to explain what I saw, I was left unsatisfied by the rational theories. I just wasn't prepared to accept that so many incredibly unlikely events could happen within that narrow time period to explain what I experienced- e.g. house subsidence, earth movements, and who know what else- and then suddenly stop, and never happen again afterwards. So I personally concluded that it was actually more realistic to adopt a belief that there are things that happen in our universe, and intelligent forces that inhabit it, that our current theories cannot feasibly explain. The paranormal is one of those things that I think you have to experience personally in order to really take seriously- and when you take it seriously, you have to find a way of explaining it to yourself. I think if I meet the shaggy screaming monkey man of the Shroppie at the end of the Audlem flight, I'll probably be in such a dishevelled and disgusting state that I think he may consider he has some serious competition.
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Post by naughtyfox on Oct 20, 2020 19:15:25 GMT
I have my own genuine ghost story... but you'll have to ask me another time as it's time for bed... some of us have to wake up early and drive in the snow to work to get money to pay our marina fees :
Also I once had a go at water divining and was a bit taken aback that it actually works.
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Post by Jim on Oct 21, 2020 6:04:39 GMT
I have my own genuine ghost story... but you'll have to ask me another time as it's time for bed... some of us have to wake up early and drive in the snow to work to get money to pay our marina fees : Also I once had a go at water divining and was a bit taken aback that it actually works. in my early 20s my two mates were sons of a Polish blacksmith, sometimes we'd meet in the blacksmiths yard. Turned up one day, they stuck 2 divining rods, half a steel welding rod bent to an L, in my hands and said "walk over there". I did and at a certain point the rods moved, in line with a drain. Two other people arrived, independently, same tried with them, same result, they rods aligned with the drain. Strange powers we have.
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Post by IainS on Oct 22, 2020 22:19:51 GMT
it was leaking like buggery the week before last - took 3 of us to get the top gate open with the boat in gear pushing againt it too ... it's a shame you couldn't get through before they close it as it WAS dooable but wasted an awful lot of water in the process. The stated purpose of the stoppage is to repair the cill, doesn't mention the gates. The leakage through the bottom cill was such that the full lock would not make a level, hence the difficulty in opening the top gate. When we came through last Sunday, a CaRT guy was assisting with a Haltrac winch between the top gate balance beam and a lock bollard.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2020 10:05:29 GMT
I passed through a few weeks ago and it was hard work, fella coming the other way told me it had been like it for some time..
Here is another one busted and out of action.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2020 10:06:56 GMT
Vandals my arse..
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Post by Mr Stabby on Oct 23, 2020 10:36:23 GMT
I have my own genuine ghost story... but you'll have to ask me another time as it's time for bed... some of us have to wake up early and drive in the snow to work to get money to pay our marina fees : Also I once had a go at water divining and was a bit taken aback that it actually works. Water divining is a pseudoscience based on confirmation bias and there is no scientific evidence that it is any more effective than random choice.
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Post by Jim on Oct 23, 2020 10:44:19 GMT
I have my own genuine ghost story... but you'll have to ask me another time as it's time for bed... some of us have to wake up early and drive in the snow to work to get money to pay our marina fees : Also I once had a go at water divining and was a bit taken aback that it actually works. Water divining is a pseudoscience based on confirmation bias and there is no scientific evidence that it is any more effective than random choice. Wrong, I saw it happen with 3 people, none were pre primed, had any prior knowledge of the site or knew anything about it. Those who arrived after me were given the same task with the same result. What are the chances of that happening? I've also seen it used by a local Clerk Of Works in a park to find a drain, he found it.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Oct 23, 2020 10:48:51 GMT
Water divining is a pseudoscience based on confirmation bias and there is no scientific evidence that it is any more effective than random choice. Wrong, I saw it happen with 3 people, none were pre primed, had any prior knowledge of the site or knew anything about it. Those who arrived after me were given the same task with the same result. What are the chances of that happening? I've also seen it used by a local Clerk Of Works in a park to find a drain, he found it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Million_Dollar_Paranormal_Challenge#Example_of_a_test_(dowsing)
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