Buckden and Ilkston at Grove Mill
Ilkeston and Buckden pass through a bridge, Buckden towing.
Ilkeston and Buckden: Home Park Lock
IlkestonDeparts London Canal Museum
On 24th September, Ilkeston set off for home, leaving the London Canal Museum soon after 1000. This video shows the slow exit from Battlebridge Basin, with the narrowboat Buckden towing.
A Horseboat in London
On 23rd August 2012, the restored horse narrowboat Ilkeston, from the National Waterways Museum, completed its 200 mile journey from Ellesmere Port to to London Canal Museum, celebrating its centenary, its restoration, and the partnership between museums that helped to make it possible. For the journey through Regent's Park and Camden Town to King's Cross, Ilkeston was drawn by a horse called Buddy. On the edge of Regent's Park, Ilkeston was seen off by the Lord Mayor of Westminster, and the Chair of the Canal and River Trust. At Camden large crowds had gathered to see it, and on arrival at London Canal Museum, a band played, balloons were released, and a cake was cut by BBC journalist Kate Adie, to celebrate the end of Ilkeston's long journey.
A Horseboat Glides Silently By
Ilkeston, the 1912 horseboat, is seen gliding silently by during a horse boating trial on 4th August 2012. There is no sound track to this video, but even if there had been, there is no sound except the wind.....
Roger and Ilkeston pass through Winkwell Swing Bridge
The swing bridge swung to let Ilkeston and her escort Roger pass thorugh.
Watching the Boats Go By 1
A simple video of Roger and Ilkeston passing under a bridge in berkhampstead on 4th July.