We came down Hanwell at 7am on Monday morning (having been stuck at
Cowley Peachey for most of the Sunday when we needed to be passing those
locks) and were warned by the lock-keeper that one of the pounds was
four feet down on what it should have been the previous night, and still
about three feet down that morning, and we probably wouldn't get a pair
of 'traditional' boats through.
I don't know who you saw Harriet, but there hasn't been a lock keeper on that
flight since Anna retired to start a family with Fenton the Chimney sweep some
15 years ago. Perhaps there was a BW bod despatched to deal with reported low
levels--but thanks for the details anyway :-))
Barry
Nb oooeeerrr!
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