>> As a prelude to your piccies:
>> http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Tour_02/Frog%20Westbridge%20UNene.html
>>
>> I think EA shallowed the section where you grounded, because we did
>> get further on our first attempt before the flood control works.
>> Shirley you tried to go further up the Upper Nene Navigation? :-)
>> Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest
>
> We got to the same point, just beyond the end of the council yard
> piling. We also reversed up the little side arm a little. There was no
> sign of a dam, it just went under the bridge and on, but it was very
> shallow and full of tree debris (no pictures of these unfortunately,
> so can't show you).
>
> We only went under the road bridge near B&Q on the Nene, I didn't know
> how far you can get, but I didn't realise it was as far as that. The
> problem is reversing a 60 foot boat all that way back - with an SR3
> and a mechanical box it's slow going.
There are some evil pilings centre channel just past the brick railway
bridge, Earnest got stuck on them when I was with the WWW and she vetoed
trying to get round them. FrogmooreII only has 18" draught and sailed right
over them!
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Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest
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