We only ploughed as we usually do, so yes, no lower than usual water levels on the Staffs & Worcs or the Shroppie. The rather enormous tree down at Grub Street had been largely removed too so that we could easily get past. Plenty of shale heading towards the water from around the uprooted tree, it seems to be never ending now. There, cruising the cuttings, but for the grace....
Just wondering how the Staffs & Worcs is faring? We will be boating from the Shroppie (adequate water at the moment) to the Stafford Linkway Fest next week,returning after the BH. Fingers crossed eh?
You can find it here, at the end of the first page of the policy statement. https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/boating/boating-news-and-views/boating-news/customer-services-facilities-policy
Get in touch with Hazel at Fund Britain's Waterways. They may need crew for one of the boats making the crossing in Jume after the Westminster flotilla campaign. hazelowen.awcc@outlook.com
Yes the gate opened before making a level breaking the back of a newly restored spitz as it floated out. Took them a few years to repair but in the meantime the other 3 continued. It's virtually an unused canal as everyone uses the modern Strepy Thieu lift but the government continue to maintain these historic structures in full use. There's also the Ronquiere Boat Inclined Plane, still used. The Belgians, in fact most Europeans, have a strong sense of the importance of their heritage and find what's happening to ours quite appalling.
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