Hi Folks, EA suddenly re-opened the Nene again so I've managed to get down to Peterborough and those modern conveniences like trains!
I had an, er .. interesting .. experience exiting from the lock at Orton - there was a plastic cruiser, complete with a woman enjoying a book in the sunshine and three flashing strobe-like lights on the stern, moored at the lower lock pontoon. See seemed happy enough until I lost steering halfway between the lock and pontoon (I suspect it may have been some form of undertow from the canoe course adjacent to the locks) and careered towards her, at some speed and still accelerating. For a few seconds it looked as if 'Wyrd' was either going to slice her cruiser into equal halves, port and starboard, or knock a couple of feet off her waistline, at the very least. As it happened we managed to slide past without (I think) touching her at all - and ended up alongside the bank, a few feet in front, after digging the bow into the low wall. (I think she might still be looking around her deck for her jaw - which dropped a considerable amount at the time..) Certainly quite a hairy experience! Thanks to everybody who offered me assistance, on lists and off, it was very kind of you all and much appreciated. Trevor On 28/08/2010 14:37, John Slee wrote: > On 28/08/2010 14:31, Trevor Sheppard wrote: >> - I had a call this morning telling me that my older sister passed away >> an hour earlier. As I'm her NOK, receiver, and also her executor, it >> looks as if I'm going to be doing a lot of travelling over the coming weeks. >> The only good news on the horizon seems to be that the rain is going >> away but the latest news from the local EA line manager is that there >> will be no changes to the flood prevention precautions until the >> situation is reviewed on Tuesday morning; this is a problem in itself as >> I needed to catch the morning bus into the closest town I can hire a car >> from (only two buses a day to Peterborough pass through this place!). >> >> Trevor >> nb.Wyrd >> Wadenhoe Lock on the River Nene. > Sympathies on the loss of your Sister. If you hire from Enterprise Car > Hire they will collect you and take you to their depot to collect the car. > Peterborough branch: 01733 894 777 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
