Roger Millin wrote: > Having been told the reputation of Blackburn we tried to get to the > locks just after school would have started for the morning on Monday. > The locks and water were all excellent for an urban area. We got to > the last (lowest) lock at about 11.30 when a group of three youths > (aged 11 - 14, not in school uniform) accompanied by a group of three > girls (aged 9 - 11, in school uniform) arrived and started hanging > around and watching with intent. It didn't look good, but fortunately > they seemed to lose interest and moved on, pausing only to throw an > empty plastic coke bottle at a grandad and grandson who were fishing > at the lock entrance ( that is, one of the girls paused to throw the > bottle). It's possible that the presence of the two fishermen put > them off any action that they were thinking of taking, but I can't be > sure. Quite what they were doing out of school at that time, I'm not > sure. At least, travelling at that time, we didn't get the drunks > that we warned about by a local, to make our trip more awkward.
Last time down Blackburn was early evening and we had no trouble at all. The crew went off shopping in ASDA and I worked down on my own and the only problem I had was one drunk who insisted on helping. I was just worried he might fall in. > The > local told us that the bottom lock is now nicknamed 'suicide lock' > due to the number of drunks that have been fished out of it. > On the whole the L&L is a really lovely waterway, but tightish with > our 59ft boat in the locks. Descending the locks involves diagonal > positioning and backing into the spouting water at the top gates in > order to be able to open a bottom gate past the bow button fender. No problem with my 58ft 6ins narrowboat! ;-) -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest / Barge Maurice A (on the drawing board) Follow the traveled TNC at : http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/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/
