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Katie Williams

Brand new Edinburgh canal boat gets wedged under bridge on first ever journey

While the journey along Union Canal can often be a tranquil one, one boat's crew found themselves in a spot of bother when their vessel got stuck under a bridge.

Software Engineer Ken Murray decided to cycle back from work down the canal when he saw people gathering by a boat that was sitting under a bridge near Kingsknowe, Edinburgh.

On Thursday February 16, he was on his way back from Heriot-Watt Riccarton campus to Shandon in the Gorgie area when he spotted the boat and thought they were trying to park it. However, in scenes reminiscent the infamous Ever Given and Suez Canal debacle, Ken realised it was indeed jammed.

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