Journey of Medusa

One Boat's Story: NarrowBoat, Spring 2023

Ivan Cane recalls a narrowboat trip from Harefield to Oxford in summer 1961, which included an encounter with Samuel Barlow’s motor Hardy

Greenshank During my first visit to meet David and Ann, on 2nd June 1961, I was lucky enough to see Willow Wren’s newly painted empty butty Greenshank being towed through Harefield Lock by the loaded pair Redshank & Drake.…

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