Firstly, a brief introduction as I don't think I have introduced myself before (despite being a long-time lurker). My name's David Morris and I'm one of the tripboat skippers for the Chesterfield Canal Trust and mainly work the Seth Ellis out of Retford.
This weekend, we've had the boat up on the summit pound of the canal near Kiveton and have been running a series of trips to commemorate the collapse of Norwood Tunnel 100 years ago this month. Someone asked me a couple of questions yesterday which I'm sad to say I didn't know the answer to, namely how did they wind horse-drawn boats. There was also the supplementary question "is it winding (as in North wind) or winding (as in what you do with a clock)?". I've alway been led to believe it's the former which may perhaps give a clue as to how they used to wind horse-drawn boats. I daresay there's someone here could put us out of our misery? Thanks, -- David Morris
