Today’s forecast was for torrential rain so we decided to postpone cement mixing and bag laying in favour of assorted, important tasks. The first of these regrettably has no photographic evidence – a few volunteers went to Trebanos Locks with a view to inserting fencing poles into the canal alongside the original wall. Unfortunately, the water was high and muddy so not much wall could be found.
Back in the Buried Lock site, there was a boat to scrape clean. It was recently and kindly donated to the Society, but its previous owner apparently had a great liking for thick, hand-applied hull paint. “Are you aluminiuming it my man? No, copper-bottoming it, ma’am” seems as yet a far distant dream.
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