Dave wrote: > If you want to practice, there is (or used to be) a working sidepond > on the Atherstone Flight (Lock 6?). Apparently it has to be kept in > working order because the outlet is underneath the cottage and has to > be flushed occasionally to prevent flooding of the cottage.
Indeed there is. I use it whenever I pass through, just for the fun of it. Incidentally the one at Hazlehurst was unlocked and working when I went through a few months ago. Interesting to hear the comment about the house. Having failed to get a mortgage on the lock cottage at Deptmore a year ago because of a culvert running beneath and BWs intransigence over the matter of maintenance responsibilities it its good (if a little unexpected) to hear of them being helpful in a different location. Steve NB Bream
