problem at grants lock (30) . south oxford.

[matty40s]

Bottom gate will not open fully so difficult to exit/enter for normal width boats.

 

One boat couldnt't squeeze through and has had to go back up.

 

 

no keb available so CRT informed.

[Athy]

Problems at Grant's? Send for Phil!

 

I wonder if closing the gates and giving it a blast of prop wash would dislodge the obstruction? Obviously this would require a boat which was facing the other way or which had a (aarrgghhh) bow thruster.

[Kiwidad]

Matty, get your shorts on and get in there! you know you want to :-)

[matty40s]

Crt turned up in 30 minutes.

Left em to it as Cropredy and Chaotic Banbury already put me way behind.

[Nightwatch]

Matty, I assume! You are boat delivery duty? You must have passed us today.

[lockedout]

We had trouble at a couple of the locks on the south Oxford on our way to and from Croppers.

Managed to get through with fenders up and lots of oomph sons boats were having more probs than us.

We pulled loads of weed out of a few locks on our way down, but there was loads of floating debris around.

Not surprised peeps are still having probs.

[matty40s]

Matty, I assume! You are boat delivery duty? You must have passed us today.

I did, didnt seem to be anyone around, also passed happy bunnys boat which was locked up too.

[MtB]

We had trouble at a couple of the locks on the south Oxford on our way to and from Croppers.

Managed to get through with fenders up and lots of oomph sons boats were having more probs than us.

We pulled loads of weed out of a few locks on our way down, but there was loads of floating debris around.

Not surprised peeps are still having probs.

 

Odd. We didn't have any problems and REGINALD draws 2ft 8in.

 

But anyone doing narrow locks with fenders down needs their bumps feelin' IMHO...

 

MtB

[matty40s]

It wasnt the depth mike, the boat kingfisher from lichfield is a quite old and replated vertical sided hull. The bottom of the gate was a good 9" off closing therefore wedging the boat fast.

[Athy]

Ah! Now I recognise it, we passed it coming South as we went back northwards from Cropredy on Monday morning. As the channel was rather narrow due to moored craft, we pulled into a gap to let it past; it responded by crashing into the offside bank, from which it took a wee while to extricate itself.

Crewed by a somewhat uncommunicative couple, as I recall.

[matty40s]

 

now its lock 39(pigeons).....having the offside damaged paddle woodwork replaced.

 

lock 38 only has the small paddle operational.

[matty40s]

Everyones hiding, no bones, no maffi....

[Athy]

The small paddle, Matty? Do you mean that the paddles each side of the cut are of different sizes?

[billS]

Judging by some of his more recent blog entries, I suspect that Maffi has combusted in a fury of righteous indignation. Look out for a small pile of ashes with a hat.

[Bones]

Everyones hiding, no bones, no maffi....

Bother. Missed you. When are you coming back?

P.s. maffi was probably in the tea room!

[ditchcrawler]

 

P.s. maffi was probably in the tea room!

Where else

[Starcoaster]

When I've been through he is sometimes just outside of the tearoom, to be fair.

[MtB]

Where else

 

The pub, obviously!

 

Or is he still banned?!

 

MtB

[Bones]

The pub, obviously!

 

Or is he still banned?!

 

MtB

Not far wrong! no-one in the village is banned....how about that for a turn up for the books.