Day 3 – Monday 2 July 2007 Newark to Nottingham 10:00 – 19:00 7 Locks Dad went to get a licence from the Newark BW offices, and found that the only person there who knew how to do it was out, and would be back in about half an hour! At 10:30 while waiting for Dad to return I heard Newark Town Lock talking to a boat about the flood gates. He said they were just filling the short pound between the gates and the lock, and if it didn't come over they would open the gates, which they did just before 11am.
Our first shower hit while we worked through Town Lock, and by the time we were going through the flood gates it was stopping again. Newark Dyke, while slow going wasn't too bad, but once we reached the main river we were slowed right down. At the tight bend near East Stoke we were slowed to just 2.3mph, but it didn't last long, and we managed about 3.5mph mostly. The Hazelford lockie was still asleep (not literally) when we arrived, thinking we would be another hour. We kept surprising lock keepers all the way up the river, and finally arrived at Meadow Lane lock in a heavy shower – so we waited. It didn't take long before the sun came out again, and managed to get to Sainsbury's without further ado. -- Michael Askin http://shoestring_DOT_zapto_DOT_org/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
