My Internet Connection is giving me grief!!

10th and 11th Jan – Moored Ivinghoe, Grand Union Canal

Maybe it is the wind, but my internet connection sure is giving me grief this evening, very much off and on….

I have a couple of pictures of the floor, but won’t chance posting them tonight, getting the blog through will be difficult enough.

Colin made a comment on my last post giving some very interesting information about Corkettes Two Locks.  I did have a quick look late last night as to what his research turned up, but have not been able to go back today to look more thoroughly.  I did post on Colin's website that I liked one of his three theories, and that was of a report in the Buckingham Canal Society’s ‘newsletter’ called The Navigator (Summer 2003) of a lady in Canada looking for an ancestor called Corkett (notice no ‘e’ on the end) who was a lock keeper in this area.

"We have had enquiry’s through our web-site ( shows its getting looked at) from people researching their ancestors, Zoe Archer from Ontario Canada is looking for info on her husbands family who were lock keepers on the Grand Junction canal in the mid 1800’s, if you know of any Corkett around the Soulbury, Cheddington or Ivinghoe area please let Diana know"

I have written to Tony Colins, the editor of BCS to see if he can throw any more light on this

Another email I wrote way before Christmas was about the footpath near Water Eaton having padlocked gates all the way along.  Although I wrote to the Milton Keynes footpaths department is was just outside their area, and they sent my email on to Aylesbury…..

………. All of the gates were padlocked, and I had to climb over them all. The paths near the main road were not marked, and I was unsure of the route.  I have a pictures here for you to see the chain and padlock, and a map of the other gates etc http://www.choiceforum.co.uk/images/water_eaton.htm  Regards ……

Success!!

Dear Sue, Thank you for your e-mail passed to us from Milton Keynes Council.  I have been in touch with the landowner who has assured me that he has now unlocked the gates. He will also be installing new gates to replace some of those that are in bad condition. I will be inspecting the route again in a few weeks time to make sure that all the work agreed has been undertaken. If you have any further problems please do not hesitate to contact me. Many thanks ………

So next time Lucy and I are walking that particular footpath we will not only be able to get through the gates but have some new ones too!!

That’s about it for today…. oh the flooring is coming on a treat. The lounge and kitchen are complete as well as the long passageway down the whole length of the boat.  The bathroom is half finished….. due to the fact that one bit just wouldn’t behave and go in… had enough after that, and the bedroom also has to be finished… a couple of days and goodbye to the hoover and scraping dog hairs up, and hello to a quick brush!