CAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 11 days agoMajor incident declared over giant hole at Shropshire canalwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmings.world
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkMajor incident declared over giant hole at Shropshire canalwww.bbc.comCAVOK@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 11 days agomessage-square7linkfedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmings.world
minus-squareexocortexlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 days agoTook me a minute to understand what I am looking at. My brain said “the boats were derailed” and that was a little too strange to be possible.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 days agoI mean, you’re not that far off. Those old canals really are kinda like watery railroads, in terms of being designed for narrow cargo-carrying vehicles that can’t go up hills easily.
Took me a minute to understand what I am looking at. My brain said “the boats were derailed” and that was a little too strange to be possible.
I mean, you’re not that far off. Those old canals really are kinda like watery railroads, in terms of being designed for narrow cargo-carrying vehicles that can’t go up hills easily.