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If I remember correctly the Vasa design was OK until the King decided he wanted a third gun deck.

Stingray, the subject of this thread used to moor next to me on the Coventry canal. At the time the owner's name was Marina.

Not going to comment on the amount of hirings but when we were stuck at the top of bosley two weeks ago there were three heritage hire boats wh o had to abandon ship. What do you think they said to their friends and neighbours? Any chance of a refund as provided by network rail?

I think the only answer is yes C&RT do. We moor on online moorings which are rented from CRT. The price inctreases according to how much comparable CRT moorings have increased. I have two issues with that. One is the unpublished cost of comparable moorings and the other is the level of occupancy. I have passed two online sites this year that have both been dire!

The pumpout at Etruria had a notice on the door saying it was out of action.

I've just arrived home after a dreadful cruise. Sticking on topic the T&M at Etruria is full. Coming south is variable, some pounds full others are significantly down. No rhyme or reason. Stoke south is good until you get to Meaford. Beyond that still variable. Pounds have been lowered below Weston to help with the repairing of the byewash at Hool Mill Lock but all in all cant see any reason to close the Caldon. Drove past Rudyard and it looks OK.

Are they resedential moorings? According to the signage they are long term leisure moorings.

How bizarre.

Most is probably over egging it but certainly at least half. I don't remember the towpath being flooded on previous transits when all paddles were available.

There's next to no chance of getting through in two days at the moment. Marple in particular is very slow with paddles chained up on most of the flight. We are heading south and have made it to Congleton. Even here the water is significantly down, probably 8 inches

We are taking water down Bosley on Monday so with a bit of luck things should start to improve by Tuesday

We are chomping at the. bit. The pounds were drained yesterday

Interestingly the Bosley resevoir is currently 2.5 metres down on maximum capacity at the moment. This week last year it was 6 metres down. There seems to be a change in strategy. I believe Combs resevoir is also relatively full.

Having just abandoned our boat at the top of Bosley flight I can say that the levels are around 6 - 8 inches down. Sutton resevoir is empty. Bosley resevoir is currently 2.5 metres below winter conditions. It went to 6 metres below last year. I think CRT are trying to hold back water for peak season. There is some coming in to the top of Bosley but it is probably evaporating as fast as it is coming in. Hoping for good news Tuesday of next week. We are number eight in the queue to get down.