qwertybjg <[email protected]> wrote: I've uploaded a video to youtube of Beatty ice breaking over New Year. It is a bit late but this is the first opportunity I have had to edit it since then.
Video can be found here: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=o5_wFMUcX9c Hope this is of interest, Ben Excellent, Ben! It reminds me of a winter long ago when walking my Bull Terrier Bess alongside the frozen Paddington Arm @ Horsenden Hill. Nothing was moving that day on the water, save the BW maintenance boat 'Ruislip.' I believe it has something like a 36'' screw [well, massive anyway] & was making short shrift of ice thicker than features on your vid. Being thicker, the ice gave up its solidity with a high-pitched unearthly scream. 'Ruislip' kept pace with me walking on the towpath so I was able to enjoy the spectacle for some 15 minutes--great!! Talking of thick ice, the winter of '62-'63 where it snowed initially on Boxing Day & melted in March, the ice reached a thickness of 18''. This was discovered after curious BW staff took a chainsaw to the ice. I can remember going to school day after day with the snow just remaining piled up everywhere. Barry Nb noneofthismetricrubbishstickwithgoodoldimperial. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
