Terry Streeter wrote: > Michael Askin wrote: >> I thought the problem was with the lock making level, so the lock >> keeper could just open the gates (before he got his feet wet...). > > Umm, well you could do it that way of course, [long pause while he > desperately tries to think of an excuse for being so dense - spots > original posting, and notices bit about sailing over the weir] but > your original posting did talk about the tide making at Naburn so you > could sail over the weir. > > Just back from a wander around the National Rail Museum - as I said, > there are worse places to be stranded. > > Terry Streeter > NB Arun - York > > > ------------------------------------
So the Naburn Lock that is still "operational" is the small left hand, weir side (as you head upstream)? http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/T02_Imag/02.8.7/Dscn4701.jpg ps...if you were *really* bored, you could go back upstream and do the River Swale...you will get a good way above Myton Bridge. Glad the IWA organised operation of Foss / Castle Mill Lock went OK...when we last did it, it cost an arm and a leg, also the Council employees broke it. (did not loosen the "closing" capstan, so broke shackle on closing chain..chain flew of and just missed flailing the front of N Bear Nest) Who came out, was one of the operators John Reeve?...(Middlesboro' accent) -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest
