This horse-drawn boat was making its way along the Leeds-Liverpool canal at the weekend as part of the Saltaire World Heritage Site celebrations. The lady in the picture gave a harnessing demonstration and a little talk about the boat and the horse before setting off. The boat (which you can't see very well in this picture) is known as a fly boat, shorter, lighter and with a more restricted cargo area than the larger boats. It would have travelled 24 hours a day with the horses being changed at intervals to give a quicker delivery time.
Very English.
ReplyDeleteI must have missed you, I had spoken with this lady (Sue Day) by chance on a couple of earlier times. The horse is called Bilbo Baggins and why not.
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