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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2022 8:20:54 GMT
Just out of interest on this very small, insignificant forum, I wonder what opinions are
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Post by Telemachus on Aug 19, 2022 8:26:59 GMT
There should be a fourth option which is that one would like it to be less restrictive but not sure if this is feasible. This is our position since when we contemplated doing the Lancaster earlier this year, we could not make the times work so we gave up. June was particularly bad for transits, due to a period of small tides I think. But I don’t know whether it is feasible to use the link during a greater range of tides than currently. I also don’t know whether it is feasible to operate the route bidirectionally, which would of course double the number of transit days in any one direction.
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Post by Jim on Aug 19, 2022 8:30:04 GMT
No option for me, I'm interested in the technical discussion , how it is why it is, what other options might there be, as an exercise, whether or not it leads to a different modus operandii. Best discussed without too much Boldness though. Some old gimmers are just too bold.
I would use it as it is, it is working, not having time to learn tidal navigation etc I'd go along with what they advise.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2022 8:31:37 GMT
Yes chaps ... you'll be unsurprised to learn that I didn't commission a Polling company.
Apologies but at a glance I thought I'd covered the main bases
The results will not appear until voting ends, so we'll all learn the result together.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2022 8:34:39 GMT
There should be a fourth option which is that one would like it to be less restrictive but not sure if this is feasible. This is our position since when we contemplated doing the Lancaster earlier this year, we could not make the times work so we gave up. June was particularly bad for transits, due to a period of small tides I think. But I don’t know whether it is feasible to use the link during a greater range of tides than currently. I also don’t know whether it is feasible to operate the route bidirectionally, which would of course double the number of transit days in any one direction. Presumably you consider operations too restrictive then 👍 Rog
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Post by kris on Aug 19, 2022 8:36:50 GMT
I really didn’t realise there is so much interest in the ribble link.
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Post by kris on Aug 19, 2022 8:38:47 GMT
I really didn’t realise there is so much interest in the ribble link. Maybe you should start a poll. No I’m alright thanks.
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Post by Jim on Aug 19, 2022 8:40:46 GMT
Yes chaps ... you'll be unsurprised to learn that I didn't commission a Polling company. Apologies but at a glance I thought I'd covered the main bases The results will not appear until voting ends, so we'll all learn the result together. Rog Fair enough. It does need practice to get right. Maybe try ruinning a photo competition.
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Post by twerp2 (Asleep) on Aug 19, 2022 8:43:59 GMT
Thunderboat
Aka 'The Millennium Ribble Link Forum'
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Post by patty on Aug 19, 2022 8:50:59 GMT
In order to vote.. I have to ponder ponder+vino=decision However as I've never been to the Ribble Link, I feel my opinion is not valid So I'll settle for the vino without the rest....
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Post by Jim on Aug 19, 2022 8:55:00 GMT
Given the age of some in the discussion, Dribble Link perhaps?
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Post by patty on Aug 19, 2022 8:55:58 GMT
In order to vote.. I have to ponder ponder+vino=decision However as I've never been to the Ribble Link, I feel my opinion is not valid So I'll settle for the vino without the rest.... It hasn't stopped TD Ah but men have always passed opinions on stuff.. whether they know what they r talking about or not Hmmm not sure that's a wise thing to say....
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Post by Telemachus on Aug 19, 2022 9:17:11 GMT
There should be a fourth option which is that one would like it to be less restrictive but not sure if this is feasible. This is our position since when we contemplated doing the Lancaster earlier this year, we could not make the times work so we gave up. June was particularly bad for transits, due to a period of small tides I think. But I don’t know whether it is feasible to use the link during a greater range of tides than currently. I also don’t know whether it is feasible to operate the route bidirectionally, which would of course double the number of transit days in any one direction. Presumably you consider operations too restrictive then 👍 Rog No. Too restrictive would only apply if it was unnecessarily restrictive. If the restrictiveness turns out to be necessary, then it is necessarily restrictive which (let me explain) is not the same as too restrictive.
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Post by Telemachus on Aug 19, 2022 9:23:04 GMT
No. Too restrictive would only apply if it was unnecessarily restrictive. If the restrictiveness turns out to be necessary, then it is necessarily restrictive which (let me explain) is not the same as too restrictive. OMG, and I thought my drivel was convoluted Bear in mind that when communicating with dogless, everything has to be explained slowly and meticulously.
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Post by Tony Dunkley on Aug 19, 2022 9:33:38 GMT
. . . . . . . . . I also don’t know whether it is feasible to operate the route bidirectionally, . . . I've been in touch with C&RT throughout this week, and it's agreed that normal two-way working through the Ribble Link - that's the canalised Savick Brook from the canal basin to the half-tide gate - is perfectly feasible. It's also been confirmed that there are frequent occasions when it's done, not as a matter of routine, but out of necessity when scheduled passages cancelled due to adverse weather conditions in the Ribble bring about the need for the weather affected cancelled bookings to make passage on the same days as bookings scheduled for other days, . . irrespective of whichever direction they're going. The 'official' explanation for the one-way only working restriction is "safety concerns" in the tidal river sections of the journey, . . in both the Ribble and the Douglas, . . nothing to do with the canalised brook section at all. Make of that what you will ! I'll fill in with some more details later, . . on the new thread -- I've also now got the heights figures and the least depths I asked them for on 1 August, . . plus some other info on obtaining real time tide heights and corresponding depths in Savick Brook, and at the half-tide gate, . . all from the Preston Docks tide gauges, and available over the phone for 2 hours either side of local HW.
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