On 1 Jun 2009, at 16:08, Bru wrote:
<snip substantial account of locks, pounds and ponds>
> At Foxton, there is no bypass and over-filling a side pond (pound)
> results
> in it overflowing haphazardly into the pond (pound) below. The
> excess water
> cascades down the hillside, damaging the earth banks of the side ponds
> (pounds!) as it goes until it overflows across the road and down
> the slipway
> at the bottom of the hill ... usually flooding the pub in the process.
There are some spill weirs, in the form of concrete weirs crests in
the banks between each po(u)nd and the one below, which can be seen
to handle some of the excess, but I quite agree that the consequences
of ignoring the rule can be dire.
Have just been told by the boat that preceded us down Foxton the
other day that the boat in front of *them* had managed to drain three
of the upper staircase locks, presumably by leaving paddles up. I
thought the lockie looked a bit stressed when we went through.
All the best
Bruce
"The superior man knows what is right, the inferior man knows what
will sell" Analects of Confucius, circa 500 BCE
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