Richard T

Two more locks to be identified

The Outdoor Pursuit Centre at Birstall are organizing regular litter picks along the stretch of the river that they use, to help clear away the debris left by the flood. Much of the rubbish comes in from the stream that enters the navigable section on the right below Lime Kiln Lock.

I still handcut jigsaws using a fretsaw, The problem for those doing them is they just get a bag of pieces with no picture to help them!! I reckon on about 200 pieces for an A3 sized picture

If we make it it will be late as we are a concert in Leicester in the evening.

Barrow sinking. I've seen the Pink boat one of Pillings lock. Our boat is fine at Sileby

Can you put a link to the YouTube piece please

What about Proctors at Barrow on Soar - completely flooded. This is Lime Kiln lock in Leicester

I'm not surprised given the amount of rain and the already waterlogged ground. I'm glad that we don't need to visit Tyto. I would like to see some pictures of the river at Sileby Mill.

Another one?

Thanks for posting @matty40s Thats our boat behind the wide beam Fortunately the boatyard owner has two of the day boats moored elsewhere so we are moored away from the flow from the weirs. We are not planning to visit it in the next few days, it would mean paddling to get there. The levels were higher about 4 weeks ago as the floods went into the workshop for the first time for about 20years.

What about Proctors Park at Barrow on Soar and Meadow Farm marina also on the Soar. https://www.proctorspark.com/243707898 https://meadowfarmmarinapark.co.uk/ Both are on a section of river which can be subject to flooding so be prepared to paddle occasionally. Otherwise they are good moorings. Edit - forgot to put in Redhill Marina also on the Soar.

I think that it was owned by the Matts family.

Matty do you mind if I share the photo to a local FB page and to our local library who are currently putting together an exhibition based on the canal in the town? Do you have ant more photos ataken at the same time? I will of course credit you for the photo. No we are not boating - we don't trust the Soar at the moment, any rain and it floods.

I know that one very well but @matty40s won't let on at this stage. And Happy Christmas to you and Kathy

He was very lucky to avoid a sinking. Where he has moored under the A453 bridge is not a good place. There are odd baulks of timber bolted to the piling, many of these are missing leaving an array of bolts sticking out ready to catch the side of the boat or for the baseplate to catch on. The owner should have looked at the forecast and moored in a safe place, in the area the only one is above Kegworth Deep lock. But driving along the A6 today I noticed that the river has burst its banks along that reach which is a rare occurence. He'll be lucky to get to a safer mooring before Christmas with the amount of rain we've had recently.

But if you get urine or similar on it you can never get rid of the smell!!

A house that is hideous and the interior is the height of bad taste. The gardens are lovely so £1.5m is a lot of money for a building plot!!

Strangely this ahppened to a boat in front of us on our very first hire in 1974 at the same lock. It was about the first lock some hirers had worked on their own - their holiday was rather short. The boat was refloated the following morning and we were on our way again. The holiday addicted us to boating and we are still at it nearly 50 years on.

101226E The straight mile in Leicester 101227E Abbey aka Swans Nest weir Leicester 101228E Sileby lock on the Soar 101230E Junction lock on the Soar 101236E Below Cossington lock on the Soar 101238E Cossington lock 101238E Below Cossington lock 101241E Mountsorrel 101242E Sileby Mill pool - its where we moor 101243E Mountsorrel weirs 101244E 101245E Mountsorrel The 1860 bridge which now carries the conveyor from the quarry to the railhead at Barrow. 101246E 101247E The reach below Barrow on Soar 101248E Pillings Flood lock river Soar 101249E Barrow Deep Lock 101250E Junction of cut and river Barrow on Soar 101264E Bridge over the staright mile Leicester 101265E River above Freemans lock Leicester 101242E Sileby lock 101266E Normanton on Soar? 101268E Limekiln lock Leicester 101280E Junction or Zouch lock I can't make my mind up on this one 101282E Aylestone Mill lock Leicester 101283E Meadow Lane bridge Loughborough

Came across a very cocky instructor at Calcutt in September, he was teaching on a trad boat. I was talking to a woman who was off another boat that was waiting to go into the lock when he started sounding off about inexperienced hire boaters. He was firmly put in his place by the woman who pointed out that she was off the waiting boat whch was a hire one and that she and her partner were very experienced boaters who chose to use hire boats as a way of enjoying the canals!! I had a good laugh about this. It might have taught him to engage brain before sounding off but somehow I doubt it.

New owner has appeared with it on FaceBook

I did a course on Centenary narrowboat and found it very good. They are a charity and based at Clifton Cruisers Rugby. https://centenarynarrowboat.weebly.com/

We had a very good but simple meal in the Cheshire Cheese at Wheelock this summer washed down with a fine pint of Lees bitter. The chippy at Wheelock has shut and was up for sale.

Where are you @matty40s Sileby Lock is looking for someone to look after it in these flooded times!! Seriously had to go into Nottingham around lunchtime and returned home about 3 hours later and the Soar had risen by over a foot in that time, Quite how high it is now I don't know. We were planning to go and do some jobs on Tyto tomorrow but I doubt if we'll get down the lane to the boatyard without paddling. There is standing water on many fields and brooks are over flowing and still it rains.

One lock on the Soar where you should tie the boat off at the front when going uphill is Barrow Deep otherwise the flow will just drag the bow away and you then get a heel if you are moored on a centre line.. And one where you need a long shaft in the mitre is Ratcliffe especially going downhill when you are trying to fill the lock. Going up hill you can nudge the gates to get a level. @IanDyour new boat looks good - enjoy it.