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| "Presque La" setting off ahead of "Ceilidh" |
We were all ready to go as the BW man arrived to unlock the lock gates. He looked worriedly at the pound above the lock through which we must pass. "Is it safe to go?" I asked. "Well its up to you" he replied helpfully. He gave us his phone number in case we got stuck. Nb.Presque La was the only other boat going in our direction. We had first seen this with Pam & Phil at Willington and he had arrived at 2pm yesterday, too late to start through. Brian, the owner was travelling alone and set off first, with Ceilidh close behind. The BW man had advised us to go slowly on tick-over and keep to the very centre of the channel. With 8 locks and seven pounds (the canal between the locks) to get through, the first pound was the worst by a good way. Brian ran aground a couple of times ahead of us and had to pole himself off. Whilst we hit several underwater obstacles ( er.... Clunk!) we made it all the way. Half way through it began raining quite hard and made the rest of the slow ahead journey quite miserable.
Arrived at Kilby Lock at 1.30pm and decided with Brian to stop here because of the rain.
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| Mud showing at the edges shows water levels are over 2ft too low |
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| Blue-green plume of poisonous algae - hope Lady doesn't fall in! |
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