Dave Hutchinson: The Cambridgeshire branch of the Ever Given Reenactment Society is at it again.

The Cambridgeshire branch of the Ever Given Reenactment Society is at it again.

Cargo ship has grounded in the River Nene, Cambridgeshirewww.bbc.co.uk

Cool. Will there be shanties again?

I hope so, otherwise it’s a wasted opportunity.

Canal shanties?

Sorry...river shanties...Sorry

Tidal water course shanties? Not quite as snappy…

Canal songs are a genre of their own. waterwaysongs.info

Songs of the Inland Waterways - Homewaterwaysongs.info Songs about the inland waterways of Britain and Ireland. There are recordings and lyrics of over 300 songs, mostly written in the last sixty years, but some dating back to the creation of the canal sy...

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Stuck On My Boating Lifewaterwaysongs.info

Ooh. A bit like the Song of the Volga Boatmen, but less epic?

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"You can't park there, sir."

Top work though. Very realistic.

It’s amazing what you can do with a 3D printer these days.

Is it true that the captain and first mate were arguing about the pronunciation of "Nene" at the time?

Either that or ‘Wisbech’.

They've clearly got distracted pointing out the majestic peaks of East Anglia to each other.

The Ely Alps.

"Oh look! Shippea Hill!"

"neener neener"

I stand ready

We thank you for your service.

It's the Ever Gi-Fen

😂😂🤣

I feel like there should be some more syllables to that name: Cambridgeshiretonheathmoor.

Pronounced ‘Cambthmr’.

Terrible scenes here in Cambs as we run out of water and supplies.

*alerts the UNHCR*

Without our Latvian timber we are finished. Oh, the humanity!

Lol

Can't wait for the guy with the miniature digger

NO! NO!

YES! YES!

“We’ve run ashore, innit?”

All berths at Wisbech port are NAABSA berths which stands for 'not always afloat but safely aground’ I feel you, boat

It me.

For a long time, I wondered what the Bristol Floating Harbour was all about. Then I learnt that what was special was that ships stayed floating rather than grounding at low tide

@dialacina.bsky.social BIG BOAT STUCK

I had no idea ships of this size came this far on inland waterways in England. Anyone here an expert? My particular question would be: where does a ship this big turn around on the Nene?

I think at Wisbech, which was its destination?

There's a wider bit on the downstream edge of Wisbech which looks to be about twice as wide. The Baltic Arrow is currently moored just upstream from that

Yeah, I figured there must be somewhere like that around Wisbech; it’s a port, after all.

Wisbech used to be much closer to the Wash and had a different river going through it (the Ouse) but things have changed since mediaeval times

Yes, I gather they had to alter the course of the Nene to continue serving the town.

There's been a lot of ditch digging in the Fens over the centuries

Oh my word yes.

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