Month: August 2013

Quiet an interesting article from an non waterways perspective. Meet the world’s one-of-a-kind ENORMO barge-bowling bridge of Falkirk • The Register Geek’s Guide to Britain Proving it’s not just the Victorians who can make huge structures in steel, the Falkirk Wheel can lift six canal boats 25 metres in one go, moving them from one […]

On the BBC this morning they were talking about electric cars and their costs and practicality. The electric version of the Nissan Leaf is about £12,000 more than its traditional engined version and has a range of about 100 miles between re-charges. For £12,000 (ignoring interest etc.) we could buy enough diesel to do over […]