Essex Flocking of Seagulls 2011
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 3:53 pm
Essex Flocking of Seagulls 2011.
Sunday October 9th 2011 10am
Paper Mill lock on the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation.
North Hill, Little Baddow, Essex. CM3 4 BS
Meet 10am to launch into the canal. When all ready, a gentle trip towards Chelmsford in this most tranquil of canals, gently meandering through the Essex countryside. Return to the Lock where we will be locked through en-masse! Lets see if we can fill the lock with blue haze!
Then off towards the Maldon direction to the next lock and back through the lock en-masse again. Either a putter back up and back or just recover the boats. Depending on timing we will have a stop at the lock side cafe at Paper Mill for lunch. Probably after the first leg before the first locking...
The canal normally charges a large fee for visiting boats and the locks but they have reduced the fee to £10 and thrown in a locking as well, launching is a one off fee for all the group of £6!, paid to the Cafe, but as we are to be customers they may well waive that too, if not SOS pays.
There will be prizes for the best turned out boats and motors and to the boat Seagull and crew who travel furthest to find us! the Canal is nominally 2 ft deep, but in places 10 so lifejackets to be worn please. Anchors not needed!! carry enough fuel and a pair of oars and a couple of mooring/towing lines. Even though it is a freshwater canal, no overloading, trust all to be seamanlike and we will be invited again!
The canal is run by the Inland Waterways Association as a charitable trust and luckily the manager Colin, is a Seagull owner and the the keeper of the sea lock at the Maldon end an ex police officer that I know, thus we have the invite.
Please can you contact me on 01621 778859 if you wish to join in the fun so I can pre warn them of numbers.
Regards,
John
Sunday October 9th 2011 10am
Paper Mill lock on the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation.
North Hill, Little Baddow, Essex. CM3 4 BS
Meet 10am to launch into the canal. When all ready, a gentle trip towards Chelmsford in this most tranquil of canals, gently meandering through the Essex countryside. Return to the Lock where we will be locked through en-masse! Lets see if we can fill the lock with blue haze!
Then off towards the Maldon direction to the next lock and back through the lock en-masse again. Either a putter back up and back or just recover the boats. Depending on timing we will have a stop at the lock side cafe at Paper Mill for lunch. Probably after the first leg before the first locking...
The canal normally charges a large fee for visiting boats and the locks but they have reduced the fee to £10 and thrown in a locking as well, launching is a one off fee for all the group of £6!, paid to the Cafe, but as we are to be customers they may well waive that too, if not SOS pays.
There will be prizes for the best turned out boats and motors and to the boat Seagull and crew who travel furthest to find us! the Canal is nominally 2 ft deep, but in places 10 so lifejackets to be worn please. Anchors not needed!! carry enough fuel and a pair of oars and a couple of mooring/towing lines. Even though it is a freshwater canal, no overloading, trust all to be seamanlike and we will be invited again!
The canal is run by the Inland Waterways Association as a charitable trust and luckily the manager Colin, is a Seagull owner and the the keeper of the sea lock at the Maldon end an ex police officer that I know, thus we have the invite.
Please can you contact me on 01621 778859 if you wish to join in the fun so I can pre warn them of numbers.
Regards,
John
