kremmen Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 Notice Alert Kennet & Avon Canal Starts At: Lock 14, Bradford On Avon Lock Ends At: Lock 14, Bradford On Avon Lock Up Stream Winding Hole: Above Lock Down Stream Winding Hole: West of Meadows bridge 173 Saturday 19 August 2017 07:00 until further notice Type: Navigation Closure Reason: Water resources Original message: Due to low water levels above lock 14 and very low levels above Semington Locks (15 &16) Bradford on Avon Lock will be closed to boat traffic until levels are recovered sufficiently to allow safe navigation and moored craft are floating You can view this notice and its map online here:https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notice/11395/bradford-on-avon-lock You can find all notices at the url below:https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Nibble Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 Don't want to put a shilling in the meter for the backpump then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Schweizer Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Sir Nibble said: Don't want to put a shilling in the meter for the backpump then. Quite. We both know that there is a huge backpump at Bradford on Avon, and another one at Bathampton lifting water out of the Avon into th pound below the lock. If there is a serious lack of water above Bradford lock it can only be because of mismanagement ( or a serious leak!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicknorman Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 It's odd because it was fine when we came through on Thursday. It's quite a long pound to get low suddenly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drayke Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 Plenty of boats moving about this afternoon/evening. Water levels have come up a bit, so maybe someone has turned the pumps on. We are moored near bridge 171. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dharl Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 Currently moored just outside of the Senington VMs. Arrived about 5pm and had to moor a bit further off the bank then usual. Walked up to the Barge for a drink and bite to eat, got back and boat is right over on her beam ends ( well almost!). Uxter plate well showing now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted August 19, 2017 Report Share Posted August 19, 2017 That sounds like a major leak to me then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dharl Posted August 20, 2017 Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 Seemed ok by this morning. Now up at Sells Green, Seend flight was low in water, particularly by the Barge Inn and the pound above that. Rest seemed ok if down only by a couple of inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drayke Posted August 20, 2017 Report Share Posted August 20, 2017 On 19/08/2017 at 08:03, kremmen said: Notice Alert Kennet & Avon Canal Starts At: Lock 14, Bradford On Avon Lock Ends At: Lock 14, Bradford On Avon Lock Up Stream Winding Hole: Above Lock Down Stream Winding Hole: West of Meadows bridge 173 Saturday 19 August 2017 07:00 until further notice Type: Navigation Closure Reason: Water resources Original message: Due to low water levels above lock 14 and very low levels above Semington Locks (15 &16) Bradford on Avon Lock will be closed to boat traffic until levels are recovered sufficiently to allow safe navigation and moored craft are floating You can view this notice and its map online here:https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notice/11395/bradford-on-avon-lock You can find all notices at the url below:https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices All was OK today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Nibble Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 I would imagine that at this time of year CaRT would have been under a massive amount of pressure to sort it from a number of hire companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicknorman Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 This morning we came across 3 locks with the top paddles fully open and both top gates open. Not a bad thing from our point of view as we were going down and could just drive in, but not how it should be done. The most likely culprit was an ABC leisure hire boat from Hilperton that we'd passed earlier. Then passed another boat, and on arriving at the lock they must have departed 10 mins earlier, found that both top paddles were fully up. And both bottom paddles were fully up. Fortunately it's a fairly long pound so it hadn't dropped too much, but what a waste of water. It was one of those locks with a sign up saying "please leave the lock with the bottom paddles up". I guess the sign should have said "... and the top paddles closed"! Some people are just so incredibly stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murflynn Posted August 21, 2017 Report Share Posted August 21, 2017 thank you for reminding me why I hate the western K&A even though I'm based in Brigstowe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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