Entry 10th March 2021
Author & upload TJ
Back to work at Lock 14 this week following Lockdown 3. There’s talk of this being the last national lockdown in this worldwide Covid-19 Pandemic. Let’s hope we begin to return to a degree of normality during 2021, and that mutated strains of the virus can be batted away from our shores.
Still a few jobs to be done around the site, plus reinstatement around Lock 15, before we wrap the Lock 14&15 element of the project up.
Funding now needs to be sought to restore the remaining two locks in the Woolsthorpe Flight. We’re currently preparing the ‘Expression of Interest’ to the National Lottery Heritage Fund for support in restoring locks 12&13. To continue working in reverse order down the flight, the next to receive our attention will be Lock 13, which looks to be a classic restoration, rather than the rebuild we’re expecting Lock 12 to be. Due to space constrictions at Lock 13, we’re to continue using the Lock 14 works compound. Both locks being close to each other makes this workable.
Some ‘community element’ to tell you about! Rosemary, who delivers the majority of the Society’s talks, gave a PowerPoint presentation via Zoom, to Vale of Belvoir Probus recently. Otherwise, the community element has largely stalled for 12 months due to the pandemic.
