On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Brian<[email protected]> wrote: > Once the boat left the lock I closed the gates and turned the lock, just > as the lock was about full a young lady cam up to the bottom gates. They > had been sitting below the lock all the time on the lock moorings hidden from > view by the bridge. I have no idea why she didn't come up as the other boat > left, > but at least I was able to apologise to her.
Serves them right for not coming up to the lock side, the number of people who just sit there and expect the world to come to them. I have in the past closed gates on "waiting" boats because there was nobody in sight and they didn't let me know they were passing. Especially when they moor half a mile from the lock! Talking of mooring a long distance from the lock, at the bottom of Whilton a boat that we were following moored up some distance from the lock, but on the long lock moorings there. Since they walked up to the lock I realised they were passing through, and so pulled in behind them. Another boat I was travelling with (who was in front of myself, but behind the other) continued up to the lock gates since this is usually the best place to wait for the lock with a deep drafted boat. As I was walking up to the lock I overheard someone on the boat complaining about the other boat going past, even though they had left 100 foot of lock moorings in front! I nearly added that I nearly moored in front of them, to save the walk! :-) Cheers, Mike -- Michael Askin http://shoestring_DOT_zapto_DOT_org/
