"BARRY HOLLAND" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> ''''''Then how do you get back to the towpath side once you've lifted the >> bridge to put the Banbury Stick in place? On leaving, how do you remove >> the stick to continue on your way?'''''' > > 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.
I thought the traditional way to do retrieve the stick was to loop your stern rope around it as you pass. -- Allan Jones - N/B 'Keeping Up' www.keeping-up.co.uk
