Phil Rushton wrote:
> As you probably found out the biggest problem for single-handers
> on the Macc is the absence of the wooden landing platforms at the tail
> of the locks at Bosley. I heard that BW were considering restoring
> these but nothing seems to have happened yet.
Actually I found jumping from the bow of the boat with a windlass and
rope in one hand whilst trying grasp the metal rail in top of the lock
wall with the other quite, erm, exciting! The total absence of bollards
or of any way to cross at the top end of a lock in the flight is equally
astonishing.
> I am sorry I missed you on your return down the Macc. You seemed
> to have plenty of crew when you came back through Congleton :-)
> I was busy tiling a bathroom when you passed and you didn't hear
> my shouts - but I could hear the HA2 - it sounded very healthy!
Yes, for once it was running very well. Must be the clean Peak District
air. Conversely a boat who had followed a good few hundred yards behind
me on the way north from Stoke last Thursday asked to go ahead in
Harecastle on the way north because of the smoke.
Steve
NB Bream
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