Late yesterday I learned that lock 44 in the Marsworth flight has been rendered unusable with a broken collar. This means that the whole gate can potentially fall into the canal. The collar is like the top hinge of a door. So I’m going nowhere. I went and had a look (see picture). Apparently today the ‘team’ has been to look with a view to preparing a risk assessment pondering how best to fix it. Actually I’m sure they know how to fix it but just need to get the kit there. I look forward to progress tomorrow but if there is further delay the time table for getting to Limehouse on Saturday will have to be reviewed. I got the solar panels up but it was mostly cloudy so still had to run the engine for a couple of hours. Generally just pottered around, bit of cleaning here or there. Heated up my beef casserole for the third day etc.
Yes, the weather did change and it rained.
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