doratheexplorer Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 Most I've ever single handed in one day was 41. Tardebigge top lock to the Eagle and Sun. But it's not actually that hard a day. The locks are quick and fairly easy to work and there's only a few miles start to finish. Much harder was Hurleston top lock to the Anchor at High Offley. Only 30 locks but 25 miles or so too. Set off at dawn and moored up in the dark too tired to even walk to the pub. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanD Posted December 22, 2021 Report Share Posted December 22, 2021 2 hours ago, doratheexplorer said: Most I've ever single handed in one day was 41. Tardebigge top lock to the Eagle and Sun. But it's not actually that hard a day. The locks are quick and fairly easy to work and there's only a few miles start to finish. Much harder was Hurleston top lock to the Anchor at High Offley. Only 30 locks but 25 miles or so too. Set off at dawn and moored up in the dark too tired to even walk to the pub. I'd have crawled if I was too tired to walk... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Davis Posted December 28, 2021 Report Share Posted December 28, 2021 Haven't worked out the number of locks, but before we had kids 4 of us did Lowesmoor Wharf in Worcester - Tardebigge - Gas St - Farmers Bridge - Ashted - Solihull - Knowle - Kingswood - Tardebigge - Worcester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koukouvagia Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 (edited) I don't know about locks per week, but in my younger days I did Cape, Hatton and Lapworth in a day - all single handed. eta That's 40 locks. Phew. Edited December 29, 2021 by koukouvagia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackrose Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 I've done 40 locks in a day single-handed on a widebeam. That was 15 years ago. Couldn't do it now though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLevis Posted December 29, 2021 Report Share Posted December 29, 2021 (edited) ..once did Wigrams to the end of the Ashby and back in 2 weeks...8 locks in total, (and one of those was only a couple of inches so didn't really count)....that's about my limit ... Edited December 29, 2021 by SteveLevis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wishihadaname Posted December 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) Still struggeling with my week off from 12th to 19th March. So many stoppages, all the rings are out. Thought about hiring at Gayton and going to Oxford and back. But that warns of strong currents? If not hire at Alvechurch and do as much of the BCN as possible in a week. Edited December 31, 2021 by Wishihadaname Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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