Boaters in Barton Marina woke up to life on the skew and very tight mooring lines, writes Ralph Freeman.
And the tidemark in his photo says it all!
Getting off the boat was no longer trivial as there was a considerable step down to the jetty that was almost awash. I have never seen the water on this pound of the Trent & Mersey Canal so high.
Blocked
One assumes the bywash by the nearby Barton Lock is blocked? In years gone by, a resident in the nearby Wharfe House used to clear the spill twice a day in return for a mooring outside Wharfe House.
Nowadays I have known a CaRT employee have to travel from Stoke-on-Trent to do the same.
You see, CaRT are now too professional to enter into such ad-hoc arrangements, no matter how beneficial!
So the pound floods at the weekends if the spill gets choked. That's progress for you!