My mother also claims to have seen a ghost on board! This happened on one moonlit night - a man wearing a black heavy overcoat that had turned a greenish colour with age stood before her. He was about 50 years old, dark haired and going thin on top, and he had a pallid complexion. He looked at her, and then disappeared into thin air. Maybe he was one of the poor souls that died at Dunkirk! On 25th January 1974 my father sold her to a Christopher Bushel from London. In 1978 she was photographed by a John Silfleet whilst moored to the saltings at Strood. Later she was rigged at Ipswich by Steve Barry but then abandoned at Maldon. Glenway was rescued by G Reeve and sold on to Hugh Poore. I wonder if Hugh would have contemplated taking her on if he had fully realised the hard work, money, and sweat and tears involved in restoring a barge! Since 1988 he has spent every spare moment of his life working on the rebuild of Glenway. At present he is about 85% along the way to completion, but if you ask him when will she be finished he will always say in two years time! Between 1988 and 1997 he replaced 76 of her frames in ekki (an American timber). In 1989 all her carlines were renewed, plus covering boards from forward to aft, port and starboard. All frames are 50% wider than the previous ones and far more durable and stronger. He has also replaced all her decks - the wood used for this was larch and pitch pine. The outer wale has also been completely renewed, plus one third of the inner wale.