We moved off early today so as to avoid travelling in the
heat of the day. In no time we arrived at Loughborough basin, taking the last
available mooring. Then a trip to tesco to pick up food for dinner tonight,
take on water and off.
We had decided we would spend the night between Zouch and
Kegworth as it is one of our favourite picnic spots on short days out.
All went fine until we reached Zouch Lock. We locked down
with another boat which I let go in front as we intended to stop before the
next lock. I had just left the gates when a shout came from the top gates and
the chap on the bottom gate said your dog has fallen in the lock! Panic!
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| Jan and Spot crossing the locks |
We are not sure what happened but one second she was behind
Jan crossing the gate and the next she has standing on the cill of the empty
lock. She is generally very careful on the gates but not this time. As soon as
she realised she couldnt jump out she bark so Jan saw her and told her to sit.
By this time the first boat going up had started to enter the lock. This was
not a problem as Spot was not in the water, so I reversed TM back into the lock
until the stern fender touched the cill and Spot jumped onto the stern.
Fortunately Spot appears to be in good health, which is
amazing as the drop to the cill must be six feet.
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