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Maybe its been a good thing Marple locks have been limited usage.
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On 24/06/2018 at 12:59, Athy said:
f it is so ethical, why does it have a "self-checkout", an iniquitous device which deprives someone of a job? I never use such installations in a supermarket on principle.
Exactly I am with you so ok there may be a queue at the checkout but take a moment to talk to the others in the queue.
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Not good having to use their new blue sign to say Marple locks are bust.
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13 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:
You are getting a little confused - there is a big difference between the requirement to pay Council Tax and the requirement for planning permission
i think you are confused i have not mentioned council tax or planning in my statement .However the Residential should have Planning permission for the jetty and occupier can be liable to Council tax The live aboard jetty is a different matter as the boater has no rights to it and is time limited for occupying it as an occupant boaterwise not boat.
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10 hours ago, BD3Bill said:
Really? I’d like to know more about this, got a link?
Thanks.
Check out mercia Marinas system the have residential (right to the mooring can occupy all year) Liveaboards away from marina for set time (should be 2 months) and swap jetties i believe each year .This falls under the Rating valuation officer rules .
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Lock 15 work done by contractors so should have been a price job maybe even 3 quotes .Apparently not as it cost CRT more than they thought ?
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top lock 16 has a notice on the beam in the new blue but gates are unlocked ? Today no Crt bodies about so a 38ft went through .I do not know if they did the full flight or if they found lock 11 locked ? Apparently Richard Parry may be up this week.
Probably explains all the Blue signs in the area.
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I think from the outset it was understood that CRT should sort the job out so that they where not reliant on Government handouts.
So to increase the income
They employed Chuggers = failed
They got rid of skilled conscientous staff and employed contract firms (strangely these firms make big profits)
They have channeled their energy into none profit making initiatives like Sustrans
The fishing is a income stream that could be tapped more apparently £4 million worth of stock in canals yet where are the increase of fishing clubs leasing stretches ?
The canoeing is being encouraged but no policing of licencing or mention of money from Canoe association
Nature seems to be a big concern yet gives no income and is really responsibility of other bodies .
They are happy that 3% of boats are not licenced yet they employ Enforcement officers whilst more boats show no name or number.
There is big demand for long term moorings with or near facilities yet they are mostly empty and they keep removing them when a new marina comes along yet the new marina would probably not be willing to allow in lots of these boats for various reasons .
They seem to be selling off income stream assets for short term gain .
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RBOA as it says Residential with planning permission moorings .A live aboard is not necessarily a CCer yet they do not push to enlighten marinas or councils that there exists a legal right to be a long term moorer without requiring planning permission.
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CRT seemed to consider IWA,RBOA etc as representative of boaters.I do not know the figures of membership but believe them to be a minority representation of boaters .
CRT set up a committee of people which we voted for I personally have never seen minutes of meetings yet get the Damian Kemp news email.
The early days IWA would have been a good pressure group for boaters but have lost their way i believe .
Groups that are in place do not seem to be co-ordinating and lobbying Parliament for a voice which is the only way forward.
CWDF and the FB sites have lots of boater members ok duplicated in many cases but there is no voice in CRTs ear from them from the Administration of any of them.
I believe that the Boating side will lose out in the long term .
The groups like Sustrans seem to have more input than any of us.
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1 hour ago, WotEver said:
Less than a mile from our house is Griff Quarry. The bridge over The Coventry, whilst not old, wasn’t designed to take heavy lorries trundling over it all day long and the road is narrow and winding in that direction too. So a few years back the council put a 3T weight limit on the bridge to force the quarry lorries to go the other way down the lane. That doesn’t stop some drivers from ignoring the rules though.
Some councils have very strong metal bollards to restrict the width that soon gets the word out as reversing can be a pain.
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6 minutes ago, X Alan W said:
That's the point I was trying to make in another thread on C&RT being all things to all people, when the asset that is/was their original task to manage/maintain goes down hill at what seems an alarming rate I fear& wonder how long the point of no return will be reached & sections maybe whole canals will become derelict as a result of lack of funds, possibly could have been funded if the other unnecessary expenditure hadn't been spent Time will be the teller of the tale
Selling off assets for a quick buck is the wrong way .Those assets should be fetching in a continuous income .
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2 hours ago, Parahandy said:
I always worry more with Cruiser Sterns especially when they are left for weeks on end unattended in the winter with no cover over the Back Deck . I dont know if you have 240v Dave but I picked up a cheap aqua vac from Wickes ( £30 ) a few years back and hoover out the Bilge periodically , handy to have aboard
My cruiser stern would get water run off from the Gunnels more so if the Bow fresh water tank was empty or low so i had some bund walls fitted across the step throughs and cured it.
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Forget HS2 the new tanker train will be H2O
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3 hours ago, Dyertribe said:
If, in the unlikely event of this idea coming to fruition, Welshmen (and women) everywhere will be mobilised to go to the Elan Valley and copiousLy iin the reservoirs!
CONVOY!!!!!!
people in Reading already do this for the Londoners
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"Believe" = management speech for we know but are ignoring these problems even though they are obvious and have been pointed out in the past.
Preventive maintenance no according to our accountants not financially viable.
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On 01/06/2018 at 15:41, Neil2 said:
I haven't got a picture of this for obvious reasons, but a few years ago we were coming down the K&A towards Reading and passed a moored boat with a couple sat in the front well, stark naked.
Oh, and I saw a dredger on the Lancaster canal a few weeks ago.
Now i can believe the couple BUT a dredger !
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So seeing the plates are issued by CRT. For conformity will we all receive new ones then gongoozlers will be aware that we are part of the tourist attraction
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The logo is a representation of the hole that CRT upper management are digging themselves into
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Those top locks all have the same problem of water escaping into ground and then returning as lock empties .This erodes the ground and preventive maintenance over the years of repointing would have stopped this problem .
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One boat went down flight on the Friday evening so at least one ring is open whilst Middlewich remains closed ,
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Top Brass due today sadly the wall on exit from lock 16 is not to be done due to lack of funds even though it was a perfect opportunity no water and equipment available .Oh well the blue polo will fix it later.Lock problem was caused by the large trees now removed.Not the lack of maintenance by repointing the brickwork to stop water flowing into and out of surrounding land when locks are used thus eroding the ground.
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Standedge is purely a need for concentration for a long time I suffered no damage and caught side once with below gunnel no difference to any other tunnel .CRT observer will light the iffy points. Better to progress with some speed rather than too slow in my opinion.
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Fabulous canal and area do take time to stop off and enjoy the places .Lots of areas where used as locations in "Last of the Summer Wine " and Slaithwaite was "Skeldale in where the Heart is " Water levels will and can be a problem as it was not built for lots of boats .Try to keep 2 locks behind other boats will help.
Bosley Locks 9th-11th July
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They have to sort Bosley leakage now at the last minute because Marple flight may reopen and that will be two losses of water from the top pound .