We (Wood Hall & Heward) pumped up a narrowboat called Sherwood today just below Picketts Lock on the River Lee, the water was halfway up the windows, it was caused by a weed hatch being fitted the wrong way round and fouling the front of the integral fuel tank. The restraing bar had been re-fitted but the lid was up 3/4inch at the rear, from the front it looked OK. The boater said he had been down the weedhatch at Enfield (2 locks north). I hope that this will be of some use to you all out there, it might be worth a check on your hatch to see if it could happen to you. Must go now, got to fill all the pumps and head to the next one at Bow Locks. J Roger Alsop
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