Stenhouse was reluctant to use the engines because coal supplies were low, but on 1 March he decided he had no choice; he ordered steam to be raised, and next day the ship edged forward under engine power.
Change in the civil service, he says, can be "like turning round an oil tanker" but it has edged forward over the past 30 years.
We edged forward and joined the easy conversation, which got louder and more animated.
The driver at the front of the line, Daniel Crew, bristled and edged forward.
Jackson, 29, edged forward Tamika Catchings of the Indiana Fever and guard Cappie Pondexter of the Liberty.
As negotiations edged forward, diplomats painted lurid scenarios of what might then happen over Cyprus.
A crowd of some 50,000 edged forward with mild irritation as the Grams took to the stage.
The Spectator, owned by the Barclay brothers, edged forward, growing circulation by 1.2% compared with the previous year to 63,612.
And when the gridlocked traffic edged forward and a lorry pulled up a metre from Ely, something snapped.
"Wow, look at the size of that!" gasped Isaac, our middle child, as we edged forward slowly in the darkness.
She edged forward to pay her respects to Moira, aware that a lot of curious eyes were fixed on her.
