Graham and Jo

We have just crossed the puddle banks again and there is a similar structure at Bridge 97 at the west end of the embankment. The cut out for a gate is more obvious. It is facing away from the embankment too which supports the flood gate idea. Cheers Graham

Experiencing wide beam rage right now. This one turned at Woolfhamcote and is now crawling west slower than the 3 boats following it can go on idle. We cracked in the end and moored for lunch. Cheers Graham

View from Dotterel's side hatch tonight. Moored in Coventry Basin. I can never resist photographing Cash's Hundred Houses. Cheers Graham

There is a picture of the bomb damage here and you can just see the bridge in the top right. https://collections.canalrivertrust.org.uk/bw192.2.80.2 Cheers Graham

I see what you mean by the recess. A closer examination is required. I will be back there on Saturday I think. Cheers Graham

I have a vague feeling that there is another one at the bridge at the other end of the puddle banks. I will have a look when I go back past in a few days. Cheers Graham

I thought it a bit odd when I looked at it. You obviously need to drop a post of some sort into the hole but the brick arch on the offside would make that difficult. Cheers Graham

The gate idea makes sense. I guess there is a corresponding socket at the bottom. Cheers Graham

There are a pair of matching circular fittings under bridge 95 at Braunston. It is the turn over bridge just before the puddle banks. It also has slots for stop planks and a set of planks. Any idea what these metal fittings did or still do? Cheers Graham

Just saw this. https://www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk/news/23738908.canal-river-trust-second-boater-faces-eviction/ Graham