A sunny day, so Mark has been back to the breach site with his drone.

The good news is that the cofferdam seems to be holding up.

The access road into the dam has been extended.

The large bags of aggregate that were visible on the water line have been removed, but others can still be seen under the access road.

The blue tarpaulin that was used to stem the water has also been removed. No obvious big black hole though.

The water level is the lowest it’s been. According to someone at Pollington the water levels there today are a couple of foot lower than normal, you can see silt in the photos on the bend out side the cofferdam. That’s a lot of water not to be in that pound as that is the stretch with Southfield Reservoir.

Above Whitley Lock the navigation is now open, it opened on 1st April. Passage down through the lock and on to Pollington and Sykehouse Locks will be possible from the 12th April if pre-booked.

The small dam and pumps in the drain below look like they have been removed.

The bridge over the pipes on the southern side has been re-instated and it looks like they have created foot access onto the bed of the canal here too. This photo you can see the extra piling they added along the southern bank on the outside of the dam.

Hopefully the site is now ready for inspection by the engineers, C&RT suggested that this would be shortly after the Easter weekend. Fingers crossed.

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Thank you Mark