In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Captain Beeky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >We've been very lucky this year in the 30-ish days we have been >cruising. Our route took us south past Cropredy during "that" weekend >and onward to the Thames where everybody was heading for the NWF. By >luck, and just a little good judgement, we have rarely been in a queue >and NEVER had more than one boat at a lock ahead of us, including the >Thames. We self operated Thames locks only 3 times.
Due to school aged children, our "big" trip is always in July / August. We've seldom been significantly delayed by queues, thanks to cunning timing and maybe luck. Two years ago our trip took in Severn, S&W, Stourbidge canal, Dudley canals, B&F, Coventry, N Oxford, GU, Stratford, Avon and back down the Severn. We met precisely two queues: one at Glascote locks where a boat was waiting in front of us, and one at Calcutt lock where a pair of boats were waiting. We saw no other boats on the Hatton flight, which with a 1700 start took 2h 30 min helped by an able wife and a mildly lazy son. Our only holdup was from Eckington Bridge where our engine died, terminally, and we had to hitch tows back home. Total of 200 and something locks, queuing time about twenty minutes. Last year we just did a short big trip, ambling up the Avon and back. We met no queues at all. Wassail! -- Martin E Phillips http://www.g4cio.demon.co.uk Homebrewing, black pudding, boats, morris dancing, ham radio and more! The Gloucester-Sharpness canal web page http://www.glos-sharpness.org.uk Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
