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Old 12-08-2007, 09:49 AM   #1
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Luxury cabin cruiser Vino Calypso is lodged precariously on mooring posts 10ft (3m) above water, after flooding recedes in Bredon, Worcestershire.
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Old 12-08-2007, 10:01 AM   #2
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Old 12-08-2007, 10:02 AM   #3
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It's better than some of the shoring up i've seen in boatyards on the river!
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Old 12-08-2007, 10:05 AM   #4
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Old 12-08-2007, 10:20 AM   #5
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From the BBC:
Luxury cabin cruiser Vino Calypso is lodged precariously on mooring posts 10ft (3m) above water, after flooding recedes in Bredon, Worcestershire.
Thats the opposite side of the motorway to this !
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Old 12-08-2007, 10:35 AM   #6
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Luxury cabin cruiser Vino Calypso is lodged precariously on mooring posts 10ft (3m) above water, after flooding recedes in Bredon, Worcestershire.
The poor guy that owns this, If you cannot get a crane too this, how do you get down? without just cutting the poles,
The thing is,in future it seems we are going to get more of this kind of weather.We are lucky this year,on the East Coast of Scotland rubbish summer but not that much rain.
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Old 12-08-2007, 10:37 AM   #7
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Old 12-08-2007, 10:44 AM   #8
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aah right, the Insurance should cover this!
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