PeterScott

This afternoon Fulbourne moored to the towingpath near the Earlswood Reservoir Feeder NStratford, Birmingham level, which had been six inches down a couple of days ago ...

This afternoon# Remplacdement lock beam Lapworth L14 NStratford

This afternoon arrived in 135mins from the bottom, opening the padlock just before 10.00am. Passed one boat descending, below top lock and another under the first bridge. Pass no others that could arrive by 1.30pm closing time, so that's it for the day. Restrictions doing their job of reducing demand, I suppose. Lots of water running down the flight - to supply S&W summit ?? and some graffiti in the flight and a collapsing wall between Broad Street Basin and Horseley Fields Junc ... Lots of boats in the centre of Birmingham. Maybe can't work out where to go ??

Just now - 9.30am Awaiting The Grand Unlocking at 10am (hopefully) Someone Will Know why it saves water for us to go up the locks at 10am today rather than at 1.45pm yesterday afternoon when there were still boats coming down _sign_ Aldersley Junction BCN/S+W Compare 29Aug1990 11Mar 1999 25June1999 22Dec2002 22Nov2003 (#2) 28Mar2005 21May2012 10Apr2017 (#2) 26Sep2017 1Nov2017 23Mar2023

... so we completed the ring, and carried on to the Anderto Lift, then still operated with the weights and were only allowed to use Hunts Locks on the Weaver with water used for commercial craft ...

This morning above Gailey S+W Compare 20Mar2023(pic#6)

Today The man at Spode House moorings has acqiured an additional lightbulb to help guarding the entrance to Armitage Tunnel. Compare 25Mar2023 19May2023

This morning Bird - pretending to be a (wet) tillerpin (seen through a raindrop) - T&M nr GH

Today Another update on Bollard above Fradley Middle Lock T&M. It's taller than last time .... Compare 25Apr2013 3Nov2013 25Oct2014 14Apr2017 10Sep2017 28Sep2017 22Mar2019 4Oct2019 12Oct2019 29Aug2020 10Sep2020 5May2021 24Oct2021 20May2022 16Mar2023 17Sep2023 29Sep2023 3Oct2023 25May2024 30May2024 3Feb2025 16Apr2025 9Jun2025

August 1995 - enough water on the Dudley No2 - dunno about the fish

not-much-water on the Rochdale9 Monday 5July1976 ... and a little earlier We had booked two boats for twenty-four students on a bellringing week from Willow Wren Kearns at Middlewich, intending to complete the Cheshire Ring anticlockwise, but boatyard insisted on an clockwise route to clear the Rochdale early: thus disrupting all the bellringing arrangements ...

This afternoon Cooper Bridge Huddersfield Broad Lock1/C+H. Starting from Lock1, the weir, to the junction, flood lock and to Compare 7Apr1979/7Apr2010 8Apr1979 24Aug2002 22Dec2012 27Mar2013 29Apr2013 29Jul2013 18Apr2014 (#2) 7Jul2014 5June2021 22Apr2023 26Aug2023 20Apr2024 18Jul2024

After a brief pause in this thread ... Here is Sir Frank opening his eponymous lock, and the rest of the upgraded S&SYN on 1Jun1983, as reported by Waterways World in August 1983, (their pic) who also reported "the Mayor of Rotherham, Councillor J. Allot, made a brief speech paying tribute to Sir Frank's achievements as Chairman of BWB, and renamed the lock 'Frank Price Lock'. " The diamond plaque is no longer there, while the oblong one survives OK. Sadly, our early trips/visits to the lock do not have photos to narrow-down the date that the diamond sign disappeared ... ... while BW/C&RT Lock-name signs have never taken up the name FRANK PRICE LOCK: I have spoken with a couple of moorers-in-the-arm and they don't remember the FRANK PRICE diamond plaque, so I still wonder how long it was there ...

Excellent that they think that. So does Delay-Repay apply ?? For example a boat costing £10,000/yr in fees, maintenance and depreciation and used for 100 days - that's £100 each day of delay ... picture from 2June1991

This morning Castleford Lock, lock cut and Junction A+C Compare 8Apr2006 (#2) 17Oct2008 #Apr2012 18Nov2012 30Jul2013 (#2) 6Jul2014 23Aug2020 (#2) 31Jul2021 30Jul2022 3Aug2024