Going stir crazy as one does when confined to a narrowboat without any chance of heading of for pastures new (static for 4 months with nothing to do except watch Netflix and do a cross stitch I was beginning to worry about my state of mind) and knowing that Stanton Gate Lock on the Erewash Canal was due for new top and bottom gates, last week we took ourselves off to see how the work was progressing. It had been mentioned in passing by our Chairman Norman that maybe a few photos for the Outlook Magazine would be a good idea so this gave us a good chance to get out into the fresh air and go see for ourselves.
C&RT started the work on the 11th and by the 19th already the new top gates were in place. When we arrived the only work being done was with a blooming great two man crosscut saw. With new gates the mitre has to be trimmed so the gates seal properly and this was being achieved by two strapping lads starting from the top and working down to the bottom.
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| Trimming the mitre between the gates. |
Having taken all the photos needed for the ECP&DA Outlook Magazine for the time being we decided that another visit was necessary in a weeks time to see if the bottom gates had been installed, so today we did just that. Having taken another multitude of photos I decided not to make this a War and Peace addition and wait to show them in tomorrow's blog instead. Something for me to do instead of watching TV!
Whilst at the lock a hell of a to-do was going on in the top pound. Swans are so territorial and two interlopers flew in and landed right by them. I'm pretty convinced they were last year's adolescence cygnets, but the Cob was having none of it and soon chased them off.
2 comments:
You would have thought one man with a chainsaw would have been a faster and more cost effective way of trimming the mitre joint!
You would, wouldn't you Tom. Maybe it's all about the thickness of the blade.
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