Another holiday ruined
IT WAS Victor who told the fella from our marina not to do the Leicester Ring clockwise as Radcliffe Lock had a problem.
But he believed Canal & River Trust that told it would be open by the time he arrived so went clockwise.
Not open until Friday
But alas, out Keith informs us today that not only was Radcliffe Lock, at the start of the Leicester Section, not open after the past week-end but the contractors are on the job so it will not now be open until the coming Friday the 26th.
We have had an email from the fella telling there is now no way in the time at his disposal to complete the Leicester Ring, what he has been so looking forward to. Not enough time to go back up the locks to do it anti-clockwise and certainly not enough time after the lock opens on Friday—a week lost.
As a crane is required for the Radcliffe Lock repair we told him Friday would be doubtful, as they have been waiting six months for a crane to lift moorings into place on the tidal Trent!
So he has taken a trip down onto the Trent and will see how he gets on.