Fix more - waste less.... There we go. Cycling / Well being are what secured the grant at all without that there would be NO grant at all. You really think the income from boaters is so high that the grant is not needed. Lads on the canal, don't always know the full situation either, and more often than not give you what they think it is, not what it actually is - they just give their take on it.
The grant is a real terms cut because it will not track inflation, and so the value of the grant has diminished year on year, and will continue to do so in the new grant period. You don't even know what you are on about, just spouting nonsense with Alan occasionally coming in to spoon feed you (Alan does know his onions).
I cannot engage with you because you cannot be objective about it.
You love a good old bash CRT story, anything that's negative sure as eggs, you're name is in it somewhere. Plenty of routes from the North to the South. But for the love of god, do not use them and stay up north.
I don't need to rant, i just need to ignore you're twaddle.