I am a newcomer to your site, and reading through its many articles, discovered those about visitors—or should it be 'visits'—to the waterways, so on Wednesday put it to the test.
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I AGREE entirely with T. Lang about the lack of vandals on the canals these days, as we have seen none this year, writes Margaret Topham.
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STILL another boat sunk in a lock—this time on the Lee Navigation, with it now closed, even though the lock is paired.
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I FEEL I should tell you that as far as vandals are concerned, our two months cruising the waterways this year have been less stressful as far as vandals are concerned—there have not been any, writes T. Lang.
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Following the imposition of handrails on footbridges after a young hothead fell in whilst cycling over it in a no cycling area, and the erection of fences in Manchester to protect drunks falling into the locks, can we now expect posts with three ropes across them around locks to protect drunken drugged-up shadow boxers?
Don't get me wrong, any death by accident is tragic, but the Health & Safety knee-jerk reactions put the blame anywhere but where it ought to be.
CaRT is a captive ‘culprit' when it comes to implementing Coroner's verdicts, and are unfairly charged with having to attempt to control the actions of others who cannot, or choose not to take their own safety into their own hands.
Martin Howes
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TODAY'S waterway closure is on the Leicester Section of the Grand Union Canal—Lock 3.
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THE narrowboat that sank in Fobney Lock (105) on the Kennet & Avon Canal over a week ago has now been raised and the waterway re-opened.
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RETURNING this week from five weeks cruising, I wonder where your contributor was cruising. I can honestly say that we had very little problem finding moorings along the Staffs & Worcs, Coventry, Oxford and Thames, writes Martin Howes.
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A TEENAGER drowned in a lock on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal whilst shadow boxing near its edge.
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