TiggerToo
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...on a starry night.
The privilege of an easy cruising life.
First outing of the year.
The privilege of an easy cruising life.
First outing of the year.
Sleeping Under the Bridges...
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Neeves
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Boathook
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Calstock on the Taymar ?
TiggerToo
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that's the place. A wonderful place. One of the many hidden jewels of this part of the world. The peace was amazing
Boathook
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When I stayed there quite a few years ago we borrowed a mooring buoy overnight up past the bridge. Was somewhat shallow at low water. Must get there again.
TiggerToo
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We anchored between the moorings and the bridge.
At low water we were at "at an angle" for a hour or so...
Next time, I may look at some deeper pools upstream.
At low water we were at "at an angle" for a hour or so...
Next time, I may look at some deeper pools upstream.
FairweatherDave
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Great pik. We got as far as Cargreen and Dandy hole last summer but that looks well worth the extra effort.
mattonthesea
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Lovely. Went up as far as Cotehele to visit the estate there in '21. Interesting procedure to find a suitable hole to anchor in!
Sandy
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I hope you did not wake the trolls 
Not long and I'll be able to get back on the water and we should meet up for a beer.
Not long and I'll be able to get back on the water and we should meet up for a beer.
oldmanofthehills
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We are going to a concert there on the 18th March. Navigator said getting ashore and back on boardnot convenient for that time ( and launching delayed) so we will drive from Cargreen but we intend to explore some other time and to cotehele. Might explore with rubber duck first
TiggerToo
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We were back there again this weekend. This time with my wife. We actually found a good place just above the last of the Calstock moorings. We anchored in a 4m (CD) pool. The ride down to Calstock in the the dinghy was a short and easy affair. We left it by the slipway near the sailing club/pub/ice-cream parlour (all of which seemed open).
We anchored for a couple of nights, and went for walks up the Tamar Valley. Really great area to potter about.
Just as we left on Sunday, some helpful local guy came to warn us of a large submerged tree next to the shore. I guess we were lucky, but did not see it at low water.
Anyhow, I noted several deep pools on our way back down river. Maybe at "high season" there may be issues with occupancy - but at this time it was deserted and absolutely delightful. Cornwall/Devon at its best.
(Sad note: there is a sunken yacht in the Cargreen moorings; it seems a relatively recent affair, given the lack of weed on the rolled Genoa. I wonder what happened. I hope the owner will be able to retrieve something and refloat her).
We anchored for a couple of nights, and went for walks up the Tamar Valley. Really great area to potter about.
Just as we left on Sunday, some helpful local guy came to warn us of a large submerged tree next to the shore. I guess we were lucky, but did not see it at low water.
Anyhow, I noted several deep pools on our way back down river. Maybe at "high season" there may be issues with occupancy - but at this time it was deserted and absolutely delightful. Cornwall/Devon at its best.
(Sad note: there is a sunken yacht in the Cargreen moorings; it seems a relatively recent affair, given the lack of weed on the rolled Genoa. I wonder what happened. I hope the owner will be able to retrieve something and refloat her).
oldmanofthehills
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The sunken yacht was struck by lightning in the big storm. From the bank folks seem to think it then caught fire
TiggerToo
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Boathook
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I don't have Instagram so can't view anything.
oldmanofthehills
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Mudisox
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Lots of logs and weed in the Dart yesterday.
Blue Seas
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Interesting snippets on the Calstock viaduct and Neeves' comment that 'They don't build them like that anymore' (posts 1&2).
There was a massive amount of granite block construction in Devon and Cornwall at the time associated with the extension of the railways from London and included many bridges, viaducts and harbour extensions including Saltash, Moorswater, Sutton harbour Plymouth and St Ives harbour extensions. Brunel was of course a central character.
A chap called John Lang was a specialist granite block builder and had premises in Liskeard where he employed 54 granite masons plus associated trades. He worked on all of the above projects and was subsequently asked to tender for the Calstock viaduct. By this time John had become a fairly wealthy man in the granite trade.
Calstock nearly bankrupted him however as, unlike the above, it was constructed of concrete blocks all cast on the banks of the Tamar. There were 11,128 huge blocks and at first all did not go well with the new method - they got through to completion by the skin of their teeth.
John build himself a substantial house in Liskeard using the finest 'spare' granite offcuts and the best of his 54 masons, it was the first house in the town with a bathroom. The town council were so impressed with the construction that they asked John to build more terraces of houses to the same design. The Canadian government then asked John to develop large tracts of Vancouver Island.
We have owned John's granite house for the last 20 years - it will still be there in another 1,000.
Another piece of useless for ya's.
There was a massive amount of granite block construction in Devon and Cornwall at the time associated with the extension of the railways from London and included many bridges, viaducts and harbour extensions including Saltash, Moorswater, Sutton harbour Plymouth and St Ives harbour extensions. Brunel was of course a central character.
A chap called John Lang was a specialist granite block builder and had premises in Liskeard where he employed 54 granite masons plus associated trades. He worked on all of the above projects and was subsequently asked to tender for the Calstock viaduct. By this time John had become a fairly wealthy man in the granite trade.
Calstock nearly bankrupted him however as, unlike the above, it was constructed of concrete blocks all cast on the banks of the Tamar. There were 11,128 huge blocks and at first all did not go well with the new method - they got through to completion by the skin of their teeth.
John build himself a substantial house in Liskeard using the finest 'spare' granite offcuts and the best of his 54 masons, it was the first house in the town with a bathroom. The town council were so impressed with the construction that they asked John to build more terraces of houses to the same design. The Canadian government then asked John to develop large tracts of Vancouver Island.
We have owned John's granite house for the last 20 years - it will still be there in another 1,000.
Another piece of useless for ya's.
oldmanofthehills
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I was told that the issue was that one bridge pier could not find bedrock
