Would Love to see any photos, that you feel like posting😊😊
Trev

Just been thinking, my paddleboat experiences go back even further than I said in my previous post. I was regularly being taken on Campbell's fleet out of Barry, to Minehead, Weston and Ilfracombe back pre WW2. There's a photo floating around somewhere of me in a pushchair on Birkbeck pier in Weston having just landed from a paddle steamer. I was probably about three at the time.

Memories, memories! Nerys

Thanks PJ,
They look quite similar to the Mt.
Washington in design.
A shams that none survived!
Trev

Also off the New England Coast. The ferries Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, and Island Home, among others.

I visited the Ticonderoga years ago, I forgot she had a walking beam.
Thanks for the reminder.
They were in California as well.
And of course, the Mt Washington was on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire.
I'm sure they were in many other places as well.
Trev

The Shelburne museum has the the SS Ticonderoga. She use to run Lake Champlain during the summer. I saw her about 25 years ago. Has a true walking beam engine.

Hi Nerys,
I just took the virtual tour of the Medway Queen👍
Another wonderful old Side Wheeler.
It is great that you were on both Ships.
I'm very happy that they are being restored and preserved.
We used to have Walking Beam Side Wheelers on the Hudson River. But unfortunately, none have survived.
Trev

LOL I am afraid I'm not too many years away from that .....

What? That is the way my pants look😮😮😮😂🤣😂🤣

Speaking of “big boy pants,” . . .

I did order the plans. not sure what I would get so I ordered from two different sites!!
Time to put the Big Boy Pants on. Scratch Build "Yea HA"👍👍
Trev

Hi Nerys,
That must have been an amazing experience!!
She is only two years older than me!
She does MOVE!
I am pleased that she is being preserved and operational as she is the last of her breed, as you already know.
You have a great history of Sailing!
Thanks for sharing😊😊
I took the liberty to include a link for other Mates that might be interested.
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=waverly+steam+boat&docid=608021078633034967&mid=88DEF53B4E0556DADF3A88DEF53B4E0556DADF3A&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

Hi Trev,
I was lucky, she ran a trip from Swansea to Ilfracombe and Lundy Island when she last came south, four years ago and we had a great day out on her. It was the first time I'd been on a paddle steamer since the late forties, when I had a few trips on the Medway Queen when she was still plying the waters of the Thames Estuary, before that it was the Ravenswood out of Barry. A trip on her from Barry to Weston Super Mare and back used to cost me 5s.6d. in old money in 1947, She was one of P & A Campbells ships who ran a small fleet of paddlers in the Bristol channel. .

Nerys

Hi Nerys,
I would love to see Her,
Most probably in my dreams🙄
I would Love to Build Her!
I definitely have a love for Side Wheelers.
I do hope you can secure passage somehow 🤞🤞.
Trev