Being moored on the Rufford branch we have been up and down the Wigan flight many times over the last three years - the next time will be down on Friday 9th July. Have never yet had any trouble. There are always lockeepers about who will set locks ahead for you as long as you're there during their working day. It always seems to take us about 4 hours now matter how much we rush or dawdle so now we just dawdle. The flight takes a bit of effort but it's nothing like it was when I first used it in the 70s and is much easier than the Rochdale 9 in Manchester for example. All the locks have push button anti-vandal locks, which are a great improvement on the handcuff keys to the west of Wigan.
The only trouble I've come across in the Wigan area was three years ago when my son and two mates took the boat from Rufford into Manchester. At Pagefield lock (by the JJB Stadium) a kid got on the front of the boat, picked up the mallet that Sam had left there and smashed the cratch window and frame before they could chase him off. John Wareing nb Nellie ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
