Aylesbury Arm Locks 1 and 2

[BEngo]

The Aylesbury arm taircase locks will be closed on 8th, 9th and 10th April. Details on the CRT site talk of by-wash improvements. Local information is that it is to divert the paddle culvert between locks 1 and 2 out of the old concrete works which is now a development site.

 

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[junior]

I'm sure the stoppage email that came through the other day said it was due to work going on at the old BW site.

[GeoffS]

Its the same place. The BW yard used to have a concrete works on it called Fencrete.

[Athy]

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Edited April 3, 2014 by Athy

[berth]

I talked to an official yesterday: there is a major leakage at the top lock, obvious due to the heavy work on the old BW-site. They are positive to open the flight before Easter

[berth]

edit: today a sign at the lock says: "Open on Friday".

[mark99]

edit: today a sign at the lock says: "Open on Friday".

 

 

Any news? we are due down there soon.

[mark99]

It's all open although there is a lot of water flowing over the locks and some are therefore hard to open (will need two people).

[GeoffS]

I went down at Easter. Huge anounts of water sometimes flowing over the top gates when the lock was full. Lovely trip and nice to see all the work that has been done. It was hard work though 7 hours from bottom to top single handed.

[mark99]

 

 

State of play last week. Since then more rain.

[J R ALSOP]

Nothing wrong with that, thats the way it works. You want to own a full length boat going up as well as down.

[mark99]

Well I was not saying there's anything wrong with it apart from you need extra spinach to open the odd gate.

 

I was glad to see so much water after thinking it would be bottom scraping all the way.