"Keens, Graham, VF UK - Technology (RO)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Passing
through Goring last night, I observed the river level is up to
the path below the lock. Shouldn't be a problem you may think but some
bright spark has moored their 35'(ish) narrowboat to the bollards on the
pathside. This means when the levels drop, they'll be at the top of
those steps. No sign of any life aboard so maybe it's empty.
Graham
www.jannock.org.uk
Goring mooring is always exciting--see the extract from my log:-
the lockie again advised me not to travel but a Goring mooring [?] was my
intention. A very strong flow all the way was intensified at Goring where Tony,
on the boat in front, took my centre line but when I tied the back, the boat
attempted to turn back downstream and nearly sunk before the line snapped and I
had to leap aboard, untie the back, re-start the engine and roar off downstream
and turn about. Coming back to the mooring for a second time, I put the nose in
first where willing hands grabbed the front line and the incredibly fast
current brought the stern alongside with alacrity! I could be here for days if
this flow does not abate!
Wednesday 25 October 2006
The ' fresh ' was still thundering past the boat like an express train this
morning. Speaking to a fellow boater, he told me that the lock displayed
'yellow boards' i.e. proceed with caution. So, at 11:32, we did! Cleeve Lock,
some 15 minutes above Goring had some divers working until noon, but phoned
down at 11:30 that they'd finished their watery explorations, [no, I never did
find out what they were doing.]
I filled with water and watched a downstream boat come a
cropper as he crashed into the mooring bollards in the 'riptide.' From Cleeve
to Benson Lock, progress was like drawing teeth--painful and slow. Any
downstream traffic went past me like a bullet--I expected Meatloaf to be at the
front of these boats singing ' Bat out of Hell' or similar.
& there was no relief until I got onto the Oxford canal above Osney!
Barry
Nb treatthtthameswithrespect
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