Droitwich Canals - Is there a stoppage or not ?

[Pete of Ebor]

Aplolgies for repeating a post from elsewhere, but does anyone know whether there are any stoppages on The Droitwich Canals. A friend just back from the area says he's heard that there are stoppages at Hawford Locks 1 & 2, but the C&RT website says it's only a towpath stoppage. We're about to set off on our annual trip, and The Droitwich was to be the destination. We were to go there in 2011, but found Hawford Lock closed on our arrival, even though the canals had been 'proclaimed' open weeks earlier. I'd like to find out what's actually going on while we still have time to make alternative plans. Help !

[welshmike]

No stoppage when we came through last Saturday pm from Droitwich to the Severn. There's work going on on the offside but no closure of the locks.