Tuesday 30 September
2014 – Tring Summit, Grand Union Canal
I was unable to free the chain so I have removed the two rings and kept
them and will replace the chain itself.
I you want to try it is opposite the blocks of flats near the building
materials yard.
Started out at 08:00 with the work on the locks on my own – I have been
taking photos of the locks, buildings and towpaths to try to identify the
scenes in the film ‘The Bargee’ which starred Harry H Corbett and Ronny Barker as
the crew of a working pair going from Brentford to Birmingham. Some of the locations I had already
identified (Slough Arm, Cassiobury Locks) but was trying to get others. I know there has been rebuilding since the
1960s but the lock’s layout and the buildings may still show what was there.
The trip was uneventful until I reached the Seabrook Swing Bridge when a
kind walker opened it as I approached then closed it after me.
The run up the Marsworth flight was slow but at the top there were no free
moorings before the bridge then no space on the visitor moorings so I continued
through the Tring Cutting.
The weather has been sunny all day.
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