Date - 22/08/08 Day - Friday Start - 0930 End - 1600 Harnser's present position http://tinyurl.com/Harnser-s-route
We set off at 9-30 just after the narrowboat "The third Lily" had just gone by. They were with us on the BCN cruise that we have just completed. We met a few boat including one who had taken one look at the IWA National mooring and left. The weather was almost like summer with quite a bit of sun about. We next saw "The Third Lily" just above Hinksford Lock. It looked as if their drive plate had failed so we towed them to the next road bridge so that Canal and River Rescue could easily reach them. We carried on and picked Damsons on the offside just before Botterham Staircase Locks. BW had a lock keeper on duty at the staircase to help the festival traffic through. The next highlight was Bratch, chatting to the keeper he told me that he had 18 boats through and it was then 2pm. We carried on for another couple of hours and moored for the night on the visitor moorings just below Compton Lock almost opposite Lime Kiln Narrowboats. We took a walk up the mooring and saw narrowboat "Moonshine" they had also been with us last week. -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Join SOW and help save our waterways http://www.saveourwaterways.org
