We started moving early this morning in order to compensate for delays caused by the stoppage at Buckby lock 12. The lock is back in operation but delays are to be expected. There was a short queue (4 boats) at the top of the flight (lock 8) and we found another queue of five or six boats waiting for lock 10. The queue for lock 12 was eight boats long by the time we arrived around 1 PM. One of the top gates on the lock has failed. Canal and rivers trust engineers have braced the gate and CaRT staff are very carefully easing boats in and out of the lock by hand (no engines permitted).
They are allowing two boats to go down at once but only one boat up at a time, so the queue to go up the flight has reached nearly 24 hours with parked boats nearly as far as the eye can see from Wilton Marina:
Despite all the delays we still reached Blisworth before it got dark.
And, yes madame, we
were moving at minimum speed (engine at tickover). Your boat will move when even a rowing boat passes it if the thing is not tied up. No, the centreline only does not constitute properly, even if you are in the queue for the locks.
Moored at Blilsworth Mill
Total distance is 13 miles, 6¾ furlongs
and 7 locks.
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