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That's one way of looking at it. Another way is that CRT needed to break their side of the deal on a long lease and negotiated acceptable redress rather than be sued for breach of contract. I'm fairly sure an extended court case (years normally) before they could even begin work on repairing the dam would have suited you better ...

At least you have your surveyors paperwork sorted if you have to go back that way! Up the Leigh Arm of the Bridgewater feeds you on to the open bit of the L&L, Leigh to Liverpool via Wigan which is mostly open despite the badly phrased stoppage notices. There's some very nice bits of the canal through West Lancashire, or you could just hang around Pennington Flash waiting for the Rochdale 9 to reopen. Add a bit: I seem to recall extending a week's pass on the Bridgewater was about £40 last time I did it but that was a few years ago so it might be more now. Ring them tomorrow and ask if you want to stay in Manchester, but you can easily be back on CRT waters in less than a day from Castlefield Basin if that's better for you.

They'll think you have to pay them money, or head back to Leigh ... More seriously, contact them directly and ask. Closed with a review next week is slightly better than a review in a fortnight like the rest of the L&L got again, but you really don't want to be banned from the Bridgewater if you're trying to head for Marple. Your only other option at the moment would be the Manchester Ship Canal from Pomona Lock to Ellesmere Port. This involves an approved surveyor, lots of paperwork, payment, and scheduling with three different organisations.

It did!

Agreed. A B Tuckey are an alternative agent, but they often get Bowerns to do the actual job depending on availability and location.

It's scrunched up ones that go - presumably the pockets of localised heat build up. I've seen it once, but fortunately the chap who caused it was throwing his balled up rags into a metal bucket on the hardstanding, not onto his boat. All the ones he did after the fire was put out got laid out flat, separated from each other. It wasn't a day later, it happened while he was still oiling his woodwork.

Nah, wouldn't fit through bridges ...

I think that's partly the idea of the forthcoming CRT app. From experience, direct email to the relevant region works much better than trying to explain to a call centre operator who doesn't even work for CRT. Your actual report can be forwarded exactly as you sent it to the relevant person, rather than a rephrased message. The very best way involves getting the ambulance call centre operator to get the CRT out of hours duty manager to directly ring you at midnight, but I've only needed to do that once!

I thought they were a manufacturer with a wide range of products for many different use cases ...

A well greased rag wrapped tightly around the propshaft via the weed hatch is more traditional. And sticks better than wet cling film. A bucket under the gland and a working bilge pump are soothing, an assistant on standby with a wet vac is luxurious.

I was about to post exactly this. I've seen badly done packing on the hard that didn't get noticed in the excitement of crane back in day ...

It wouldn't be classed as an accident though. "There's been a terrible deliberate!"

Or at least film it for us ...

I'm not sure drinking turps is any better than craft beer 😁

It'll never catch on. Photo credit: https://www.penninewaterways.co.uk/ll/ll91.htm

I don't know, and didn't want to just make a wild ass guess. Hence asking for a photo or more detail.

I don't understand this bit. Can you explain further or add a photo, please.