On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 3:30 AM, Harriet Bazley <[email protected]> wrote: > On 16 Mar 2009 as I do recall, > Michael Askin wrote: > [snip] >> use"... famous last words, and so another lock (with a single open top >> gate) I had to get ready!!!! >> > Funny, we had a lot of these on our way up from Watford to Cowroast on > Saturday... I assumed it was some single-hander in a hurry going up > ahead of us and deliberately leaving all the top gates open. :-(
I don't mind so much having a single gate open, but when I'm expecting the damn lock to be empty then I'm a little annoyed. Having both gates open (the wrong ones especially) is even worse! I saw Dane, but didn't realise she'd just arrived the day before. Are you heading up north also? > Re stove problems: in "Dane" the stove usually just goes out overnight > in order to save coal. Not a problem until you need to get up in the > morning, at which point you need to brace yourself and exit the blankets > pretty sharpish! I know that feeling. Not so bad now the weather is starting to warm a little, but when it's -4 outside as earlier this year, brrrrrrrrr. Cheers, Mike -- Michael Askin http://shoestring_DOT_zapto_DOT_org/
