Helpless Caxton

Sitting at home during the winter months I sometimes watch the progress of other Bloggers, then appear with a windlass to help them through the longer flights of locks..

I left a comment on Caxton’s blog to offer my help with the Aston and Farmers Bridge locks when they said they were coming to Birmingham.  But they cheated and sneaked round the edge without doing Birmingham properly to head south on the Grand Union Canal.

Then they blogged to say they were "knackered of Knowle" having done just the first five broad locks.

They also blogged that they would be doing Hatton on Friday so I hopped onto a train on Friday and walked up the flight, expecting to meet them near the top as they came down.

There was no sign of them at the top, so I had a coffee in the cafe, then left a comment on their blog, the only way I had to contact them, to ask where they were.  Lesley phoned a few minutes later to say they had given up near Bridge 63.

Later I walked past their boat and, as they weren’t on board, I lifted the corner of the rear cover to leave a copy of our BCN DVD on the seat so they can see what they missed.

I had a great day out with lots of exercise and I don’t mind them changing their plans – they didn’t know I was coming – but that makes them "very kkkkknackered of Hatton" with no extra help.

Posted on Sunday, 31 January 2010 at 10:53        Comments (1)

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1. Hi Paul,

   They are getting on a bit, but that is happening to all of us. Today is Tuesday 2/2/10 and we have punched through the Ice on the Curdworth Flight. We will be heading into Birmingham and Jill has said she would love some help with the Aston and Farmers Flight, I shall leave our Tel No on your email contact. We haven’t yet decided when we shall move on so will let you know. I should love to purchase a copy of your BCN DVD should you decide to have another day out. regards. Graham

   Comment by Graham and Jill — On 02-02-10 at 17:22

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