On Saturday, January 13, 2007 1:40 PM [GMT+1=CET], Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On 2007-01-12 09:36:28 +0000, Adrian Stott >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >>> "TREVOR BURRIDGE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> If this is the K and A being visited by our American friend hasn't >>>> any one thought about the turf sided locks or are they now defunct? >>> >>> IIRC there are only two left, and one of those has had the "turf" >>> bit covered in cement. >> >> Don't know where the second one is, but Garston Lock near Reading >> has a big sign telling you to leave the lock empty after use. > The cemented on is Monkey Marsh IIRC. Then there's Towney lock where the original turf-sided chamber has been left intact but without gates and a new lock built immediately upstream of it. Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk No man is an island. So is Man.
