HIRE COMPANIES, as previously reported, are getting cancellations through their clients being unable to cruise the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
And so are boaters, Janet Field reports.
Such as Clive Burton who is trapped on his boat Moonshadow in Skipton (pictured) until the flights reopen.
As they are all closed though lack of water allowing no navigation, with many other boaters in the same position with so many locks and flights completely closed.
Clive, who is now on his boat indefinitely, telling the BBC:
"We were passing through on our way to Leeds but I think it might be September, could even be October."
And this is now the case with many boaters on many canals that are affected either by the lack of water or breakdowns of the navigations.