Herit 44 Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Hi why are the public allowed to be exercising on the canal towpath when you cannot maintain a 2 meter distance. Why didn't the government also include canal towpath as a no go place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 5 minutes ago, Herit 44 said: Hi why are the public allowed to be exercising on the canal towpath when you cannot maintain a 2 meter distance. Why didn't the government also include canal towpath as a no go place No, there won't be room for both gas and electric ones side by side. I suppose because there aren't enough policemen or CART employees to station one every 100 yards to ensure that the law is obeyed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plato Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Crt have requested that no one should walk on the towpath where boats are moored. You only get this information if you’re subscribed to Crt email updates. So how are the general public are supposed to know about it ? Given Crt’s fondness for new signage I expect a proliferation of signs any minute now. But where I am no one is taking any notice about staying at home and many are not observing social distancing. That includes some boaters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 You should see the posts about this on FB, boaters putting barriers across the towpath. Complaining walkers are less than 6 feet from there boat. When you go to the shop do you step off the pavement and cross the road when someone comes the other way Think of the poor buggers living in a top floor flat with nowhere to walk other that the streets and pavement, one on the news said that due to the wind they couldn't even have their windows open and you begrudge them a walk down the towpath 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 2 hours ago, plato said: . But where I am no one is taking any notice about staying at home and many are not observing social distancing. That includes some boaters Where is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bizzard Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Greece. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plato Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Gloucester & Sharpness canal, Saul junction. It is a very popular spot for visitors. Apparently it was packed last weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cougie Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Lockdown like they have abroad will be coming. That might help things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BWM Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 I think the enormity of the situation is difficult for a lot of people to take in, there has definitely been a drop in footfall towards the end of the week where we are. A little patience is in order where no immediate threat to health is present, some are going unnecessarily ott about fairly normal human behaviour whilst still going to shops, petrol stations and the like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markinaboat Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 7 hours ago, plato said: Crt have requested that no one should walk on the towpath where boats are moored. You only get this information if you’re subscribed to Crt email updates. So how are the general public are supposed to know about it ? Given Crt’s fondness for new signage I expect a proliferation of signs any minute now. But where I am no one is taking any notice about staying at home and many are not observing social distancing. That includes some boaters There are CRT posters stating 'Do not walk past boats' at all access points as well as on trees/posts near to boats (CRT sent these via email to boaters authorising them to put the up). We went for a walk to one of our local towpath's today on the Oxford (opposite the Pig Place). There was a boat moored up just passed the swing bridge so we stopped short of it. The guy was pottering outside and we struck up a conversation (at a distance). The towpath is quite wide there so I asked him if he minded us passing and he said "of course you can, you're the first people to actually ask", he stepped away and we had considerably more than 2m between us and without anyone coughing! He mentioned there were 3/4 boats further up and we said we'd turn around before we get to them. He went on to say that the people form those boats wouldn't mind as they were down chatting to him earlier. What's happened to common sense to be applied with the rules? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Markinaboat said: (CRT sent these via email to boaters authorising them to put the up). Are you sure about that, all the photos I have seen have been non official ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markinaboat Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 hour ago, ditchcrawler said: Are you sure about that, all the photos I have seen have been non official ones Apologies, my memory lettign me down again. They posted a link in their emails this week which directs to https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/safety-on-our-waterways/coronavirus/coronavirus-and-boating-faqs We’ve put up hundreds of posters across the network and have made the poster available online, so boaters can print it off and display it in their windows. Around 1,800 have been downloaded – thank you to all those who have helped. Please help us communicate this information, but under no circumstances should anyone place obstructions on towpaths. You can print off the poster here - thank you for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movin' on Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 10 hours ago, ditchcrawler said: Are you sure about that, all the photos I have seen have been non official ones It was announced on Radio 2 yesterday mid-day'ish - boaters space should be respected and don't assume you can use towpaths as before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicknorman Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 So if one’s house abuts the street, as many urban ones do, does that mean one mustn’t walk within 2 metres of said house? Or if someone is sitting in a parked car, and one is walking past, should one avoid it by 2 metres? I don’t think so! Get a grip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicknorman Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 Anyway, this 2 metre distance is all very well and of course a good idea when facing or talking to people. But what happens in reality, walking the streets round here at least, is that we take a wide (2m) berth around folk walking /jogging / running in the opposite direction, then a couple of seconds late we revert to our original track and thus occupy the same space as the other person had done moments earlier, with their virus-ridden droplets still floating gently to earth and now collected by us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac of Cygnet Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 But you'll be all right when you get carted off to hospital, Nick. Brewdog have just informed me that they've delivered their first consignment of Punk Hand Sanitiser to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. They converted their distillery to its production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicknorman Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Mac of Cygnet said: But you'll be all right when you get carted off to hospital, Nick. Brewdog have just informed me that they've delivered their first consignment of Punk Hand Sanitiser to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. They converted their distillery to its production. Yes and they’re giving it away to vulnerable people direct from the factory in Ellon. As their reward they had a lorry full of beer stolen a few days ago, £150,000 worth. No good deed goes unpunished, as they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 4 hours ago, nicknorman said: So if one’s house abuts the street, as many urban ones do, does that mean one mustn’t walk within 2 metres of said house? Or if someone is sitting in a parked car, and one is walking past, should one avoid it by 2 metres? I don’t think so! Get a grip! You just go out and put tables and chairs across the pavement saying it closed under lockdown and not to pass. That is what has happened on some towpaths, the G&S for one where its about 4 Mts wide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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