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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2021 18:49:42 GMT
quaysider - if you ever visit the Nene you are from here on in banned from ever travelling further Downstream than White Mills Marina - itβs hard enough for us to go boating as it is; what with all too frequent SSA, Work commitments, a house that needs the attention of a craftsman rather than a cretin, along with family commitments that ought to be somewhere on the list. If you find your way down the Northampton Arm I may just as well pull the boat out and put her on blocks for the duration of your visit π€ͺπ»π€£
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2021 18:50:06 GMT
As an aside, on the Gurnet aqueduct 48hr moorings there is moored nb Gailey, a very handsome old C&RT work boat, abandoned there since before we arrived last Thursday, and still there.
I frankly don't care ... other than that is the very spot I got an erroneus overstay warning from C&RT when they mistakenly clocked me on my way up the Macc, and again on my way back down but decided I'd been moored continuously.
If you're going to chase your customers for overstaying, you need to be legit yourself.
Rog
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Post by thebfg on Jun 21, 2021 18:56:28 GMT
I had a couple of longish gaps off the ditches but I would suggest it's not so much that it's happening more but the identification of faults is a lot slower and because of this the the size of each problem is larger and the time taken before remedial action is taken is much longer. My take of it is that when there were more boots on the ground, minor problems were seen much earlier and before they had time to turn into an "incident". As there were plenty of (and in general very competent)boots on the ground, remedial action was almost immediate (and often required no more than a few bags of ballast and cement or some nuts and bolts, nails and a tingle or even just grease).and taken by local personel without recourse to "head office and the bean counters" Now it seems they wait until a fault is reported. Eventually someone will inspect and write a report. The work is then scheduled into the repairs schedule and passed to a relevant contractor. Some time later the contractor arrives to look at the fault which has now grown into a fairly major repair. He reports this back to those in charge who then eventually authorise the by now vast expenditure required to prevent a major closure. Yes I think it's worse, more because potential problems or early signs of failure are not acted upon BWB were not very bothered about the niceties that private boaters expect Mowed edges, weed and bramble clearance around lock landings (after all they were for wimps, proper boaters climbed the gates or the steps in the jaws) but in general they kept the system mechanics maintained at least on the still in use commercial routes So your saying BW wanted to make sure boaters could boat and CRT want it to look pretty for the visitors.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2021 19:04:08 GMT
Surely not !
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Post by metanoia on Jun 21, 2021 19:05:23 GMT
I had a couple of longish gaps off the ditches but I would suggest it's not so much that it's happening more but the identification of faults is a lot slower and because of this the the size of each problem is larger and the time taken before remedial action is taken is much longer. My take of it is that when there were more boots on the ground, minor problems were seen much earlier and before they had time to turn into an "incident". As there were plenty of (and in general very competent)boots on the ground, remedial action was almost immediate (and often required no more than a few bags of ballast and cement or some nuts and bolts, nails and a tingle or even just grease).and taken by local personel without recourse to "head office and the bean counters" Now it seems they wait until a fault is reported. Eventually someone will inspect and write a report. The work is then scheduled into the repairs schedule and passed to a relevant contractor. Some time later the contractor arrives to look at the fault which has now grown into a fairly major repair. He reports this back to those in charge who then eventually authorise the by now vast expenditure required to prevent a major closure. Yes I think it's worse, more because potential problems or early signs of failure are not acted upon BWB were not very bothered about the niceties that private boaters expect Mowed edges, weed and bramble clearance around lock landings (after all they were for wimps, proper boaters climbed the gates or the steps in the jaws) but in general they kept the system mechanics maintained at least on the still in use commercial routes So your saying BW wanted to make sure boaters could boat and CRT want it to look pretty for the visitors. Never thought of it quite like that but you have a very good point!! However, you of all people must agree, knowing the Caen flight as you do, which locks are well maintained and "pretty" and which ones have been more than neglected!?!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2021 19:06:42 GMT
quaysider - if you ever visit the Nene you are from here on in banned from ever travelling further Downstream than White Mills Marina - itβs hard enough for us to go boating as it is; what with all too frequent SSA, Work commitments, a house that needs the attention of a craftsman rather than a cretin, along with family commitments that ought to be somewhere on the list. If you find your way down the Northampton Arm I may just as well pull the boat out and put her on blocks for the duration of your visit π€ͺπ»π€£ Dont be so hard on yourself π€ͺπ»π€£
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2021 19:13:29 GMT
quaysider - if you ever visit the Nene you are from here on in banned from ever travelling further Downstream than White Mills Marina - itβs hard enough for us to go boating as it is; what with all too frequent SSA, Work commitments, a house that needs the attention of a craftsman rather than a cretin, along with family commitments that ought to be somewhere on the list. If you find your way down the Northampton Arm I may just as well pull the boat out and put her on blocks for the duration of your visit π€ͺπ»π€£ Dont be so hard on yourself π€ͺπ»π€£ Iβll give you that - bit of an open goal there!
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Post by JohnV on Jun 21, 2021 19:36:48 GMT
I had a couple of longish gaps off the ditches but I would suggest it's not so much that it's happening more but the identification of faults is a lot slower and because of this the the size of each problem is larger and the time taken before remedial action is taken is much longer. My take of it is that when there were more boots on the ground, minor problems were seen much earlier and before they had time to turn into an "incident". As there were plenty of (and in general very competent)boots on the ground, remedial action was almost immediate (and often required no more than a few bags of ballast and cement or some nuts and bolts, nails and a tingle or even just grease).and taken by local personel without recourse to "head office and the bean counters" Now it seems they wait until a fault is reported. Eventually someone will inspect and write a report. The work is then scheduled into the repairs schedule and passed to a relevant contractor. Some time later the contractor arrives to look at the fault which has now grown into a fairly major repair. He reports this back to those in charge who then eventually authorise the by now vast expenditure required to prevent a major closure. Yes I think it's worse, more because potential problems or early signs of failure are not acted upon BWB were not very bothered about the niceties that private boaters expect Mowed edges, weed and bramble clearance around lock landings (after all they were for wimps, proper boaters climbed the gates or the steps in the jaws) but in general they kept the system mechanics maintained at least on the still in use commercial routes So your saying BW wanted to make sure boaters could boat and CRT want it to look pretty for the visitors. That is very much the impression that I get
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2021 19:44:48 GMT
Happiness may rise to explosive levels !
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Post by JohnV on Jun 21, 2021 19:50:45 GMT
Happiness may rise to explosive levels ! Yeah !!! eggsactly
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Post by thebfg on Jun 22, 2021 1:03:53 GMT
So your saying BW wanted to make sure boaters could boat and CRT want it to look pretty for the visitors. Never thought of it quite like that but you have a very good point!! However, you of all people must agree, knowing the Caen flight as you do, which locks are well maintained and "pretty" and which ones have been more than neglected!?! A valid point, I do know its the volockies that do a fantastic job with caen Hill. We do get loads of stoppages here but probably not as many as up north. This canal suffers more from lack of water than bad maintenance although it is there.
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