Guy Morgan wrote: > I'd like to bring Virgo down if the stoppages allow it. Basically I > think it'll depend on Napton being open. I'm working until 5th Jan but > would head down after that. Neil, I think the problem is in committing > now to being able to do that. Is anyone else from the Braunston pound > thinking of going down? Also I need to be able to get back to WFB again > afterwards. > > Am I right in thinking that the stoppages on the GU south will prevent > me going either way by that route? I find the stoppage pages on > waterscape much more difficult to sort out than the old printed booklet.
I don't have the Thames stoppage list to hand at the moment, but am pretty certain that there is no through navigation from Oxford to London until March. I understand that the planned culvert replacement work in Milton Keynes that would have resulted in a stoppage between Jan 5th and Mar 16th has been deferred. You would have to get south of Batchworth lock in Rickmansworth by Jan 8th. Returning up the GU, key stoppages and dates are Batchworth lock closed until Jan 19th Marsworth flight closed until Jan 26th Stoke Bruerne flight closed until Feb 9th There is a stoppage mentioned at Wolverton until Feb 16th, but it is not entirely clear whether this will prevent passage (they are grit blasting the underside of the rail bridge). Hope this helps Terry Streeter NB Arun - Birmingham PS I am hoping to bring Arun on the protest cruise as well, it all depends on whether I get south of Batchworth lock in time, and whether I am in gainful employment by then.
