Cart jumping on the bandwagon again.

Funny isn't it ..... 1942 proposal for a Grand Contour Canal ...... sigh ..... if only.

Well there is certainly one bit of it which is 100% correct

"...provides off-road towpaths perfectly placed for sustainable transport..."

Bicycles. Including electric 2WV. It's the obvious way to move people around.

Making canals less wide, banning mooring and providing proper surfaced 2WV routes along both sides would be far more useful for society in general than a bunch of retired fuddy duddies and liveaboard gits clogging up the valuable resource!!

I think I might have been hit with one of those phishing emails.

Dear ###,
Canals have always been magical places to me, and I hope they are somewhere you find peace and relaxation too. Yet with many miles of our waterways still in urgent need of revival, your festive gift today can help bring them back to life.
Where canals feel run down and uncared for, it’s my team’s job to help transform them into special places. Your donation today will help create new walking or cycling routes, bringing green space and nature back into our towns and cities.
From Liverpool to Leeds, Coventry to London, together we can make canals blue, green and better.
Blue, green and better canals
We believe no other UK charity brings so much blue and green space to so many people. We’re here not just to improve canals, but improve the quality of life of people who live beside them.
Over 400 miles of canals have a ‘Green Flag’ award, recognising the healthy, nature-friendly space they provide. With your support, we could create even more.
From Bath to Birmingham, Brecon to Pontypool, you can help make life better by water. Please act now by making a donation today. Thank you for supporting our work at this special time of the year.
Julie Sharman
Chief operating officer

Or any options to assist boaters with better facilities or working locks..

Anyone would think they don't want boats on the water.

I'm not sure if there is a thread about cyclists, electric cyclists, but I had to get off my own shopper last night, and walk nearly two miles, as I was blinded by these guys, whizzing along, and presumably unable to see me, as their night vision must be ruined by floodlights on their own vehicles. I don't know why they consider this to be exercise, might as well sit at home watching the Tour de France.
This is one of the unimproved towpaths L&L, North West, so it's generally wide enough for two cyclists to pass without one ending up in the drink, but I was not willing to risk it at night.
PS I feel that the CRT get hammered on here, often with some justification, however it might help if we could come up with "good ideas". Personally, I always combine each of my written complaints with a strategy for resolving the problem. Some of these will inevitably get through to "management", before they are consigned to the  archives. 
So far I have restrained myself from suggesting the drawing of a white line in the centre of the towpath to ensure I always get my fair share of towpath, day or night.  
Main message to CRT today, and forevermore.

                                                                                 Get Rid of Litter

Now that the nights are drawing in I think I will get a high power head torch for my occasional walks on towpaths.

Don't usually need one but when confronted by an idiot with enough illumination to do the Paris-Dakar rally at night it needs countering with a lot of light.



Sometimes it's best to just join in and be an idiot too at least temporarily then switch off the lamp as not needed.