March 6, 2019

Clifton House – 12 Windsor Road

1822 Crowle Enclosure Award William Ducker awarded the plot of land, numbered 207, on Godknow Common. It would appear that they built a property on this land and used the land as a garden. Sometime before 1841 they built another house on part of the property they were using as a garden.  It appears that the Drinkalls were already living in the property as the […]

February 23, 2019

Aegir – Friday 22nd February 2019 – Morning

Today I took photographs from the East Bank. 06:55 – Keadby Bridge. No discernible bore. I noticed that the river was still ebbing under the eastern arch and appeared to be flowing upstream under the western arch.

February 23, 2019

Aegir – Saturday 23rd February 2019

The Aegir was almost exactly on schedule. At lower reaches I did not think it looked particularly good but once it got towards Owston Ferry it was looking quite strong. The grey light meant that it did not appear as good as t could. At the M180 bridge the Aegir appeared to be lopsided passing through the Eastern side first and then following through on […]

February 21, 2019

Aegir – Thursday 21st February 2019 – Morning

05:56 Keadby Bridge. No discernible bore – just a change in direction of flow. 06:09 Aegir visible at M180 bridge but too dark for photo or video 06:39 Aegir just missed by Craig at Owston Ferry The Aegir was about 25 minutes ahead of prediction at Gainsborough and 21 minutes ahead of prediction at Owston Ferry

January 15, 2019

Trent Aegir 2019

Predictions for 2020 are here https://crowle.org/?p=4922 NOTE! I have updated my predictions based on Today’s Aegir and a review of my approach – Please ignore previous versions of this table. Thursday 24th January  The Trent Aegir, also known as the Eagre, is a tidal bore on the River Trent. At certain times of the year, it is possible to see a bore of up to five […]

January 14, 2019

Chafor’s Shop

Chafor’s hardware shop is a Crowle institution. The shop is like an Alladin’s cavern of useful items that are hard to find elsewhere and if they haven’t got what you are looking for they’ll do their best to get it for you. In this day of internet shopping, it is a breath of fresh air. Although the Chafor family have only been running the shop […]