Popular Post Rob-M Posted May 17, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Leaving Walsall on Sunday morning, just moving out the Top Lock when Scorpio stuck solid. Thanks to Alan the CRT guy who was checking the water levels he got a couple of saws from his van and quickly removed the obstruction. After removal 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerra Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Well done that man (Alan). Nice to hear praise for CRT employees. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Rob-M said: Leaving Walsall on Sunday morning, just moving out the Top Lock when Scorpio stuck solid. Thanks to Alan the CRT guy who was checking the water levels he got a couple of saws from his van and quickly removed the obstruction. After removal Did you see about David, they drained the pound to sort him out https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10159777730155798&id=555960797 Edited May 17, 2021 by ditchcrawler Add link 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted May 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said: Did you see about David, they drained the pound to sort him out https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10159777730155798&id=555960797 No I hadn't seen that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeping Up Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Where was that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Keeping Up said: Where was that? It’s the pound between locks 8 and 7 at Walsall (that’s the lower two locks). @Rob-M and I have history there having been stuck twice in three attempted passages of lock no. 7. I suspect that folks pull up in vehicles in the middle of the night and deposit things over the bridge into the canal. We had made it to the top without incident as the first boat up on Sunday morning and were just congratulating ourselves on a rare uneventful passage of the flight and got stuck exiting the top lock. Thanks to the CRT guy we only lost 15 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said: It’s the pound between locks 8 and 7 at Walsall (that’s the lower two locks). @Rob-M and I have history there having been stuck twice in three attempted passages of lock no. 7. I suspect that folks pull up in vehicles in the middle of the night and deposit things over the bridge into the canal. We had made it to the top without incident as the first boat up on Sunday morning and were just congratulating ourselves on a rare uneventful passage of the flight and got stuck exiting the top lock. Thanks to the CRT guy we only lost 15 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said: I saw that but I thought it would have been a bit unfair to claim the prize for recognising them. I note we were trailing weeds around the skeg there, no problems with the prop though, was simply pushing the stern back into deeper water after it drifted into the bank while we were waiting for the traffic jam to clear. You pushed a small island up the Walsall, @Rob-M may have a picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said: I saw that but I thought it would have been a bit unfair to claim the prize for recognising them. I note we were trailing weeds around the skeg there, no problems with the prop though, was simply pushing the stern back into deeper water after it drifted into the bank while we were waiting for the traffic jam to clear. You pushed a small island up the Walsall, @Rob-M may have a picture. I know, I saw it. Did you ride over that branch right across the cut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted May 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said: I know, I saw it. Did you ride over that branch right across the cut? Yes we went over the branch, it gave the rudder a good whack. Your weed pushing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 I have a deep bow and had to push it out of the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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