Transporting a 17m Severn hull from the moulders to the fitting-out yard isn't easy at the best of times - but everyone could have done without this particular problem! With the route planned to the last detail and a police escort the trip should have been plain sailing - but unfortunately someone had decided to plant a new Pelican crossing between approval of the route and the delivery trip! As a result the hull became firmly wedged in place.

County Council engineers were able to re-adjust the lights and allow the Severn to pass - and the massive traffic jams to clear - but it was doubly embarrassing that the new £35,000 crossing had been ceremonially opened by a local councillor just hours before!.