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Last time I came through that lock I was single handed.

 

You have to leave the boat at the other side of the road bridge, walk up a lane, cross the road bridge then set the lock.

 

This I did, but when I got back to the boat and pootled to the lock, a helpful person had closed the gate, presumably thinking that some idiot had left it open. Well I had, but on purpose! The boat and I were of course hidden under the bridge!

 

I called out to people, and eventually someone noticed me and re opened the gate.....

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39 minutes ago, MaryP said:

Last time I came through that lock I was single handed.

 

You have to leave the boat at the other side of the road bridge, walk up a lane, cross the road bridge then set the lock.

 

This I did, but when I got back to the boat and pootled to the lock, a helpful person had closed the gate, presumably thinking that some idiot had left it open. Well I had, but on purpose! The boat and I were of course hidden under the bridge!

 

I called out to people, and eventually someone noticed me and re opened the gate.....

This happens on the river Stort quite a lot. Walkers keep closing gates ''obviousely not dustmen though'' where on this river we leave gates open.

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58 minutes ago, MaryP said:

Last time I came through that lock I was single handed.

 

You have to leave the boat at the other side of the road bridge, walk up a lane, cross the road bridge then set the lock.

 

This I did, but when I got back to the boat and pootled to the lock, a helpful person had closed the gate, presumably thinking that some idiot had left it open. Well I had, but on purpose! The boat and I were of course hidden under the bridge!

 

I called out to people, and eventually someone noticed me and re opened the gate.....

These days there are quite often CRT Volunteer lockies here, which can be very helpful.

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14 minutes ago, MaryP said:

It was about a year ago.

There were some there up til last October - end of the boating season.

I guess they will be back in March when it starts to get busy again.

Not full time though. "Tis a matter of luck if they are there when you need to go through.

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