Adrian Stott wrote: > Thinking of bottom gates, though, are you going to be on the > Marne-Rhine anytime soon? Many of the locks on the west bit of it > have a neat gadget (articulated overhead frame) that allows you to > operate both gates from the towpath side of the lock (even where > there's a tailbridge). I wish I'd taken a photo of one when we > navigated that canal. Perhaps you might? They'd be very useful on > broad and wide locks in UK.
Not for a good while. We were going to go with JW from Douai to Strasbourg, for the DBA Rally, but he was too poorly. Borrowing Final Fling was a rather good consolation prize. Neil Arlidge Barge Maurice A / NB Earnest TNC http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html
