On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:37:15 +0100, "Mack, David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Steve Haywood wrote: > >> I think if you try to do it the way David's advocating, the >> weight of the bridge will ensure that nine times out of ten >> it will come down to earth with a bump anyway. > >Hang on a minute!!! I wasn't *advocating* anything. Malcolm correctly >described how to use a Banbury stick when opening a bridge, but missed >what happened after passing through the bridge. I merely completed the >description. > Actually - I said : >You do it from the towpath side - that's the whole point - you start >lifting the bridge by hand - then put the "Banbury stick under the end >of the bridge to put it up to full height, and put the lower end of >the stick in the recess where bridge had rested. >Lower it in a similar way. Notice the "Lower in a similar way", at no stage did I imply using a line from the stick to the boat. Actually - whenever I have boated on the Southern Oxford - the bridges have all been fixed in the up position - so no need for any action at all. -- Malcolm
