Tuesday, 15 December 2015

Ely 2

This time what appears to be the real thing rather than repro, and on the Ouse rather than near the Ouse.

Some kind of a barge, complete with original lee boards and with what might be the original mast. It would be interesting to know its history; perhaps on a future visit I will walk across and try and find out.

It would be nice to think that someone sailed it down to Ely from King's Lynn, or even from the Thames (the ancestral home of the Thames Barge), but that seems to be a bit of a long shot.

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