On 6/7/08, Terry Streeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > tired after yesterdays run. Through the curiously named "Whitsunday > Pie" lock (the last of the broad locks) at 10.25am and tied up just
Not that you should believe everything you find on the web, but: This lock was said to have got its name because a local woman baked a huge pie one Whit Sunday for the navvies who had just completed the lock. However, some recently discovered maps spoil this good old story by showing a Whitsunday Pie field. The maps were drawn centuries before the canal existed! from: http://retiredandreborn.blogspot.com/2005/10/whitsunday-pie-lock.html According to another source it was original spelt 'pye', but it probably just means they spelt differently in those days. :-) Didn't stop us enjoying a meat pie there one Whitsunday, along with many others. Mike -- Michael Askin http://shoestring_DOT_zapto_DOT_org/
