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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2020 18:43:36 GMT
Did I dream the wetest winter ever ?
When rivers were bursting their banks, and we were mopping out the shop, and Fishlake was almost washed away ?
The Leeds & Liverpool canal is closed from Bingley to Wigan because of low water levels, and the Macclesfield is similarly closed for the same reason ... ignoring the fact that a feeder from Combe reservoir has failed, and of course Todbrooke remains out of action, surely there cannot possibly be a lack of water.
Where the hell did it all go ?
Rog
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Post by JohnV on Apr 28, 2020 19:24:16 GMT
Did I dream the wetest winter ever ? When rivers were bursting their banks, and we were mopping out the shop, and Fishlake was almost washed away ? The Leeds & Liverpool canal is closed from Bingley to Wigan because of low water levels, and the Macclesfield is similarly closed for the same reason ... ignoring the fact that a feeder from Combe reservoir has failed, and of course Todbrooke remains out of action, surely there cannot possibly be a lack of water. Where the hell did it all go ? Rog It was a boater left the tap on
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Post by Gone on Apr 28, 2020 22:10:18 GMT
It drained into the ocean which must be why sea levels are rising.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 0:15:57 GMT
If you have a fifty-gallon tank that has a hole half way up...that reservoir must hold a pint or two when its in use.
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Post by quaysider on Apr 29, 2020 6:31:10 GMT
IT appears "up here" - they have continue to draw water from the reservoirs at the usual rate since lock down- DESPITE barley any boats moving... ergo, it's all gone down bywashes /overflows and into the becks/rivers. Indeed, the Level in the long pound we've been in for the last month has been HIGHER than usual.
Convenient this covid thing as an additional excuse to run this canal into the ground - work has stopped, staff are furloughed (apparent inability to 'social distance' - ffs... and now padlocking gates/disabling paddle gear to PREVENT any ESSENTIAL journies - I pity the folks who are in pounds between pump-outs that are not ONLINE ... how are they supposed to know that as of yesterday lunchtime they would be marooned?
I'm afraid what little faith I had in them in charge has gone down the drain.... along with the water they manage.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 6:59:40 GMT
I mentioned on another thread ... the brand new lock at Hurleston appears to be leaking onto the towpath.
Management of water appears a much greater problem than lack of it.
Rog
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Post by patty on Apr 29, 2020 7:21:11 GMT
We had some rain yesterday ..not a lot..but enough for a tree in the park to upend near the bog garden..daughter tells me it lies across the path. I walked along the front today so Ive missed it
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Post by kris on Apr 29, 2020 7:49:30 GMT
I'm afraid what little faith I had in them in charge has gone down the drain.... along with the water they manage. It doesn’t take people long to find out what cart are really like.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 8:14:08 GMT
Once on the Oxford toward the end of the season there were all sorts of dire warnings everywhere m(so you couldn't say you didn't know) that the Napton flight was going to close due to lack of water. Which was a bummer because I wanted to go up the north. So I went hammer-and-tongs up the canal, pausing only to drag a sheep out if the water (it was clinging on to the bank by its front legs) and a BW chap in a shirt and tie who insisted that the flight was already shut (about an hour or so before the deadline) but I insisted I was going that way anyway. This pissed him off a lot and made the two worker blokes in green overalls piss themselves laughing. I arrived at the flight after everyone had gone home, but there was no lock on the gates so down the flight I went. However there was a lock on the bottom gate so I tied up and spent the night in the lock chamber. In the morning I found the only person around who just asked 'where is your boat'and when I told him I was just above the bottom gate he shrugged and said 'ok then'. And that was that.
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Post by Isambard Kingdom Brunel on Apr 29, 2020 10:00:37 GMT
In days of old, boaters were used to problems with non opening gates, low pounds, leaking locks et al. We carried bolt croppers, Stillson wrenches, canvas, plywood, nails, spades, rakes and a tirfor winch. There was not much that stopped us navigating the totally neglected canal network, albeit slowly!
We seem now to be in the same position, paddles that have no spindles, use Stillsons, holes in gates, patch them, chained up. cut it. Gates that won't open/close, winch them.
With determination most of the obstructions can be overcome. Course, we paid less licence fee then, if at all.....................
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 10:21:53 GMT
In days of old, boaters were used to problems with non opening gates, low pounds, leaking locks et al. We carried bolt croppers, Stillson wrenches, canvas, plywood, nails, spades, rakes and a tirfor winch. There was not much that stopped us navigating the totally neglected canal network, albeit slowly! We seem now to be in the same position, paddles that have no spindles, use Stillsons, holes in gates, patch them, chained up. cut it. Gates that won't open/close, winch them. With determination most of the obstructions can be overcome. Course, we paid less licence fee then, if at all..................... Get with the program IKB. Things are much worse now then they used to be. FFS.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2020 10:31:28 GMT
No they're not necessarily worse ... but I bet the management of the waterways, considering the level of available funding is MUCH worse.
And can you explain how you would have (in the golden days when men were men) negotiated the L&L and Macc, which have no water, and the locks rigged to prevent their use ?
Nine months work (after a 12 month delay) to rebuild Hurleston bottom lock and less than ONE MONTH after reopening, its leaking onto the towpath ... sounds like wasted money.
Rog
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Post by Jim on Apr 29, 2020 10:38:26 GMT
In days of old, boaters were used to problems with non opening gates, low pounds, leaking locks et al. We carried bolt croppers, Stillson wrenches, canvas, plywood, nails, spades, rakes and a tirfor winch. There was not much that stopped us navigating the totally neglected canal network, albeit slowly! We seem now to be in the same position, paddles that have no spindles, use Stillsons, holes in gates, patch them, chained up. cut it. Gates that won't open/close, winch them. With determination most of the obstructions can be overcome. Course, we paid less licence fee then, if at all..................... Get with the program IKB. Things are much worse now then they used to be. FFS. On the other hand it is best to travel prepared, it's more necessary now. I have a small wire engine hoist that works admirably for opening gates, used with a couple of nylon slings and rope. no stilson on boat but I have mole grips. Hacksaw? tick! Though now I have my lidl battery angle grinder.
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Post by JohnV on Apr 29, 2020 11:03:10 GMT
Get with the program IKB. Things are much worse now then they used to be. FFS. Though now I have my lidl battery angle grinder. The scrote key of choice On Shapfell there is are stilsons, a handy billy (rope and blocks) bolt croppers, nails and tingle plates. (I also boated in the 70's ) used to carry more and heavier stuff when on a narrowboat rather than a little yoghurt pot
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Post by TonyDunkley on Apr 29, 2020 11:23:15 GMT
Though now I have my lidl battery angle grinder. The scrote key of choice On Shapfell there is are stilsons, a handy billy (rope and blocks) bolt croppers, nails and tingle plates. (I also boated in the 70's ) used to carry more and heavier stuff when on a narrowboat rather than a little yoghurt pot There speaks a proper sailor, . . long time since I last heard that expression used in everyday conversation, John !
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