tarboat's photos with the keyword: wooden

The Bollington boat & folk event attracted, amongst others, five wooden narrowboats. It is a rare even to find so many such boats afloat in the same place as there are so few of them left.

This shows why wooden boats and museums don't often have a happy ending. I have so many memories of this boat from evenings spent in the back cabin drinking tea, to the days when it was named Chief and kept at Styperson Wharf by the 1st Hazel Grove Scouts. It was saved from Styperson by James Hewitt for an abortive attempt to add a butty to his trip boat business. After surviving for so long it is heartbreaking to see what has happened once it arrived at a museum.

The church at Surdesti, Northern Romania, is considered to be the tallest wooden structure in Europe with the spire reaching 72 metres high. Apart from the stone base the rest of the building is entirely wooden including wooden shingles on the roof. Massive restoration work is ongoing on this structure which was built in 1724.