tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30116820.post8277262833975242238..comments2024-01-26T08:34:16.731+00:00Comments on Seyella's Journey: History at StourportGeoff and Magshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13766994382229800306noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30116820.post-45763762684823596252009-02-12T15:21:00.000+00:002009-02-12T15:21:00.000+00:00AdamDone just that this afternoon. Thanks for tell...Adam<BR/>Done just that this afternoon. Thanks for telling me, I wouldn't have realised otherwise, and missed out on meeting a really nice couple.<BR/><BR/>Dundustin<BR/>Yep, they are! Ask Mags, she does all the lock navigating. I have the easy bit, winding the paddles and opening the gates.<BR/>Locks on the "narrow" network were built to accommodate 7 foot beam boats, though some have slumped a bit and are a very tight fit (Hurleston on the Llangollen Canal, for an example).The "broad" network has locks that'll take a 14 foot barge, or 2 narrowboats side by side.<BR/>Most new boats are built at 6'10", so they don't get stuck in narrow locks.....<BR/>GeoffGeoff and Magshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13766994382229800306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30116820.post-3403382303826616952009-02-11T21:26:00.000+00:002009-02-11T21:26:00.000+00:00hiya, those locks look very narrow. Reading your b...hiya, those locks look very narrow. Reading your blog is both funa nd informative.dundustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06234406025278403700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30116820.post-50787780965898272822009-02-11T20:17:00.000+00:002009-02-11T20:17:00.000+00:00You could always go and say hello to fellow blogge...You could always go and say hello to fellow bloggers John and Cathy on Marmaduke. They moor on the far side of the upper basin.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797263033136330290noreply@blogger.com