NB Victorianna

My question is, how do you know if the navigation is closed if you do not use a smartphone PC or other internet based system? There is nothing at the locks except the indicator board which Midnight correctly states, gives you permission to proceed on yellow and green so how can you then be liable? I think I would take legal action against which ever authority had failed to notify me properly if I got prosecuted for opening a flood lock/ gate to protect life or property. Thanks for the info.

When I was able to get an Internet connection I checked CRT stoppages and it stated that Broadreach was closed until 1243 on the Wednesday. How would you know what was open or closed if you have no internet? It seems a proper mess to me and to be honest if my boat or lives were at risk then I would go with what Mac said.

I was on the Calder last Tuesday. I read the warning boards at each lock which tell you the state of the river. At Brighouse it was yellow and Anchor Pit gates were open. Same all the way down until I got to Wakefield Fall Ing lock. The Calder was green and so I went on towards Stanley Ferry only to find Broadreach flood lock closed. What should I have done? If I obey the indicator at Fall Ing then I'm okay but could be prosecuted if I had opened Broadreach. I just don't get it! Surely it would be better to have an indicator at the lock onto the river showing the position of the flood gate/ lock rather than a green indicator advising the boater it's safe to use only to find the gates closed. Also how do you know if the navigation is closed anyway?

I came up Fall Ing Lock recently and found that the wooden boards to cross the locks at the bottom gate are on the inside of the gates rather than the outside. I've never seen this before. Is this unique to Fall Ing, the Calder and Hebble or does it happen on other canals?

Thanks everyone for the replies. I will confirm with the surveyor as to the probable causes, which has been suggested may just be a cheap fix or a more expensive repair and go forward with this to the seller.

Hi, has anyone had a stern tube repair recently and can give an idea of the cost to change the shaft and the tube has the boat I'm purchasing as slight play. The surveyor says they can be changed but it's obviously leaking as there is a bucket near the gland nut? TIA

Nope but I might know where you can get one!

Can someone check the gas bottle to see if there's any in it?