When I moored up at the
junction with the Saltisford arm on Monday I forgot about the strange
phenomenon with broadband in that spot. There
are a lot of office buildings around and it seems that when they shut up for
the day, at around 6 o’clock, we lose our mobile broadband. I know that sounds absurd but that is what
happens.
As we are going to be here
a while and also have no TV signal I thought I should reverse back to below the
bottom lock on the Hatton flight. I know
it’s only a few hundred yards, but the internet signal doesn’t seem to fail
there.
The cold snap meant we
were iced in so first I walked along with the barge pole breaking the ice by
the towpath so that our trip would be easier especially as it was going to be
in reverse. Goodness knows what the people looking out of the office windows at me thought I was doing - but it kept them amused.
Poor old Buddy thought we
were going for a cruise and couldn’t understand quite what was going on, but he
sat on the back as is his want, but looking backwards so he had a better view
than usual 😊
We moored up where we were
a couple of weeks ago and went for a walk up the flight. The pounds were all frozen over and, with the
water flow and wind, there were some interesting patterns on the ice. My phone camera isn’t really up to it, so you
can’t really see but you probably get the idea.
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Work had started at lock
#31 since we were last up here; the top lock gates and cill are being repaired. Looking down at the lock
the hoist for lifting the gates was already in place across the lock.
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Contraption
put around the balance beam to help raise the gate for repair
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We did get some snow
during the day but only about an inch, so hardly disruptive. As I sit here writing this morning I see it
is snowing again, but I can see there are blue skies on the way too.
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