"John and Ann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 10.00 this morning there was a queue at Barton Turns Lock (T & M) - >maybe only two boats but a queue none the less. At 11.30 at Willington there >were (licenced??) canoeists on the canal at Willington. Braver souls than >me! >John
In the gathering dusk yesterday afternoon, a hire boat came by heading up the Lee. Packed to the bilges with young gentlemen in a jolly mood. Yes, they failed to notice the junction with the Hertford lock cut until they were entering the weir stream, started the turn too late, and ran hard aground. Where they remained for some time, enjoying revving the engine. Eventually, they reversed a long way back downstream, took another run at it, and disappeared into the darkness (and presumably, eventually, the lock). Yes, this was the time when seriously heavy rain had begun, but several of the gentlemen were not deterred by this from standing outside with no umbrellas. They have just passed again, going downstream. In the sunshine. All looking very smiley, all outside, all wearing T shirts (are they from Newcastle?), all apparently dry (externally). Perhaps there will be a new cohort of boaters after all. Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
