Our recent foray onto the Montgomery Canal involved our passing through Graham Palmer Lock, named after the founder of the Waterway Recovery Group. The lock was built during the canal's restoration in order to adjust water levels. It seems to be lasting rather better than Mr. Palmer's memorial stone.
According to the Canals and Rivers website the stone was due to be replaced at the 40th anniversary celebrations of the 1969 Big Dig, two days before we descended the lock. Not only had the stone not been replaced, but there was no indication of anything out of the ordinary having happened. No beer bottles, no bunting. Everyone must have been exceptionally diligent in tidying up. Or perhaps the festivities took place elsewhere and Graham Palmer's eroded face was forgotten about.
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Oooh, I've missed a few here. Been very busy, but will be back to catch up. Lovely English rural scenes for me to wallow in!
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