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Boatmen 'legging' through a canal tunnel, a common technique in longer passages with unmotorized vessels, 1961, UK (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] bomibantai@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I did one of these as a tourist in the UK around 2011! The boating company even gives you a novelty "certificate"

[โ€“] titanicx@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

I don't know, that certificate looks sus to me....