Date - 25 Aug 06 Day - Friday Start - 9 30 Goring End - 10 30 Beale Park We discussed with n.b. Uncle Mort about leaving time and decided on a 9-30 push off. About 8-30 Minnehaha pulled along side for breakfast, this worked well because we were now moored in the same formation that we were due to moor at Beale Park. So at 9-30 we all set off one behind the other for our short run down to the festival site. Once we spotted our moorings we each turned and came in along side each other where we stayed until Tuesday morning.
Date - 29 Aug 06 Day - Tuesday Start - 0700 Beale Park End - 6-30 Abingdon. We were booked out to pass through Goring Lock at 8-30 so we left our moorings a few minutes after 7 am. We arrived at Goring just as the 8 o'clock lock was filling and there was space for us so we join the rest. We had a good run up to Cleeve Lock where we stopped to fill our water tank, the first opportunity since last Thursday. The tap was somewhat slow and probably three locks of boats passed through before our tanks were full. At the next lock there was a bit of a wait and we breasted up with the ex working boat "Renfrew" and we kept each other company for the rest of the day. From here the queues grew longer and as we approached Clifton Lock boats were queueing by driving their bows into the river bank to hold station in the wind, then the skies darkened, some one started flashing light, beating drums and poring buckets of cold water down my neck. This was the only real rain we had all day, but in half an hour we had enough to last all day. We approached Culham lock about quarter to four so I was hoping to be in Abingdon about five and may even be able to do Abingdon lock tonight. However things didn't turn out that way and it was gone six before we cleared the lock, it was taking over 10 minuets to fill the lock for each locking and they could only get two long boats in at a time and had to call shorter boats forward to be able to take 4 at a time. At the end of Culham Cut they have just started to build the new entrance to the Wilts and Berks Canal called Jubilee Junction. This is about 50 yards long and is due to be officially named and opened tomorrow wit a BBQ and party.From here it was less than half an hour to Abingdon which is absolutely packed, luckily N.b. Lord Toulouse was moored beside the park, we asked if they minded if we moored alongside them for the night, not only did they agree but the also offered to move out so we could be bank side to enable Magic to get a shore. -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit my Web site at http://www.harnser.info 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/
