or maybe not

I'm a bit stuck at the moment! Having spent yesterday chilling in the town and visiting the Portland Basin museum, when I started out today to go through the next lock I found that I couldn't open the paddles to raise us up. A couple of passers by tried so I know it wasn't just me. I rang the waterways at 3pm but they haven't shown up or called back so now I don't know whether to try them again tomorrow or to turn back and go with my original plan.