[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > --- In [email protected], "rigdent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>=20
[snip description of congestion on the northern S&W and the T&M around Rugeley] > > > I think you probably do need to get further about. > On the last but one weekend we bought Fulbourne back from the Middle=20 > Levels to the GU main line via the River Nene. In three days boating=20 > I doubt if we passed twenty boats, didn't queue for or have to share=20 > for a single lock or have to wait for any boat coming down the locks.=20 That's a slight exaggeration. We had to wait five minutes at one lock on the Nene. > A good but hard long weekends boating Indeed. Very enjoyable. One of the very few places that I have regularly had to queue up is the section of the T&M that Terry refers to, beteen Fradley and Fazeley. If I was travelling that length at a busy time of year I think I would be inclined to time the trip for early morning or evening. Or give ourselves plenty of time, and just chat to other boaters / polish the brass / etc while waiting. Martin L
