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Monday, 13 July 2020
Crick's new footbridge
Yesterday's sunshine has been replaced with more rain, but not all day. This morning the pair Adrastea and Nebulae came past.
I'd love to have a go at steering a butty one day.
As we entered Crick we saw the new footbridge. The road bridge has a pavement of sorts, but its width reduces to not much more than a kerb's worth. The lorry crossing shows perfectly the need for the footbridge.
We tied up just before Welford Junction; tomorrow brings the gongoozlers' paradise of Foxton Locks, then it's Market Harborough for us.
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I steered a butty drawn by a horse on the Huddersfield Narrows - see link - it was great fun!
http://nbrocknroll.blogspot.com/2013/05/i-steered-horse-drawn-boat.html
Thanks for the link, Carol. What a fantastic experience! I bet you can still remember it as if it were yesterday.
It's great Butty steering, especially on short cross straps, because you can steer the whole outfit from the butty ! Gets the motor steerer's attention if they are not paying attention !
But also very useful on tight turns as the butty can push the stern of the motor to help with the turn.
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