[canals-list] Re: Experience with new boaters

[jhar1945]

> That'll be me, then. I did six locks last weekend
> (Hillmorton twice) and oncoming boats' crews twice
> tried to close the gates in my face, on one
> occasion when I was about ten feet from the lock.
> Good test of the klaxon, though!  :-)
> 
We had a lady close a gate in front of us once - unfortunately for her 
she tried to close it too late and we couldn't stop in time and she was 
on the wrong side of the balance beam! Close call what!
John