Much better day for the walk back to Stanton. Almost all the snow and ice had disappeared, although Ian did his best to stay upright as he stepped on the only bit of remaining ice as he made his way over the bridge. Gave him 8 out of 10 for style as he slid gracefully to the bottom! Me? Well I managed to find the safe way down.
Our arrival at the works were almost spot on timing wise, as the lorry had turned up and the new gates in the process of being craned off.
Then we waited for the main event of the lifting out of the bottom gates. After 15 minutes of watching those guys in discussion and with not much activity from any of them, Ian goes off to have a chat with Rob the boss man. He came back with the news that all was not well. The generator had packed up and the lock having partially filled water could not be pumped out. Blast, a wasted journey. So with nothing more to see and photograph we headed home. Rob did mention that if the generator was repaired by tomorrow work would start again. Another trip back then?
Oh, and only a few of those uppermost branches were snapped off when the boom was put into place to lift the second balance beam. The crane driver managed to drop the boom below most of them before the lift.
And posing for us on a post by the lock,
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