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| Lift No 1 Canal du Centrum (taken in 1993) |
2.3° C overnight. Sunny spells
and heavy showers. Did the last load of washing, some woollies, and had trouble
with the heaters - thought it had finished heating, swopped to mains and the
washer dropped the breaker by switching the heaters on again. Three times it
did that, so I advanced the programme and then it carried on working. We set
off at 9.30 a.m. as a shower of rain arrived. Teenagers were setting off from
ADEPS in rowing skiffs, heading the same way as us. A large empty commercial
had just gone past, heading for the Sambre, as we turned back towards the
lifts. Saw green woodpeckers on the towpath, they were running up the railway
embankment. Turned into the canal du Centrum and tried to moor on the quay
immediately above lift one at Houdeng. It was too shallow, we were on the
bottom. In the time that the lift had been closed (two years), the end of the quay had
silted up. A large empty commercial left the scrap berth and was sucking water
away from the lift, we went bump on the bottom. Tried nearer the lift, same
problem - plus a friendly pit bull at the house which barked and wagged his tail.
His owner came out and said we were OK to stay there, but the dog would bark
all the time. Thanks, but it’s too shallow anyway. We went back to the quay and
tried the end nearest the empty commercial and moored there. Success, the water
was 2m deep! Bill came alongside. After lunch we unloaded the moped and Mike
went back to Majorie’s to collect the car. It was 1.15 p.m.
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