Another stoppage!!!!!

[Tracy D'arth]

Now Trentham lock on the T&M is out, is the whole system going to be shut down soon?  Why for one top paddle being out?

 

TD'

Edited June 9, 2020 by Tracy D'arth

[Athy]

38 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:

, is the whole system going to be shut down soon?  

 

TD'

Just in time for CART to announce the lifting of all restrictions on boaters, you mean?

[matty40s]

45 minutes ago, Tracy D'arth said:

Now Trentham lock on the T&M is out, is the whole system going to be shut down soon?  Why for one top paddle being out?

 

TD'

Probably because they wouldnt fix the other one until both were broken.

[Alan de Enfield]

And of course the River Trent is now closed to navigation at Stoke Bardolph lock due to a 'broken paddle'.

[Tracy D'arth]

I remember Trentham lock 10 years ago when we had to hold a length of wood in the mitre of the bottom gates to get the lock to fill. Too far away for maintenance crews to get too?

[MoominPapa]

1 hour ago, Tracy D'arth said:

Now Trentham lock on the T&M is out, is the whole system going to be shut down soon?  Why for one top paddle being out?

 

TD'

I guess it depends on the state of the broken paddle. Permanently closed is OK. Permanently open is a bit of a problem.

 

MP.

32 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

And of course the River Trent is now closed to navigation at Stoke Bardolph lock due to a 'broken paddle'.

Temporarily fixed now.

 

MP.

[Arthur Marshall]

I don't quite understand this email. It seems the stoppage for the bust paddle was reported in May saying it would be repaired asap, and the current notice is a stoppage for repair.

[TheBiscuits]

6 minutes ago, Arthur Marshall said:

I don't quite understand this email. It seems the stoppage for the bust paddle was reported in May saying it would be repaired asap, and the current notice is a stoppage for repair.

 

With many CRT staff having been on furlough until last week, this might well be ASAP!

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said:

is the whole system going to be shut down soon?

If the people in control of every stoppage are as pessimistic about it as you are, most definitely. 

[Alan de Enfield]

2 hours ago, Tracy D'arth said:

is the whole system going to be shut down soon?

I don't know your definition of "soon", but I think it will be a gradual close down over the next few (single figures) years, it'll be starting at the periphery but will gradually start to affect the central / well used canals.

I forecast that the situation in 2030 will be much worse than 2020

[Dav and Pen]

Don’t worry, I’ve just been to Napton and CRT have a brand new Toyota pickup and a man to drive it so should be able to get the stoppages fixed in no time. It also looks like they are doing their best to drain Boddington reservoir water was baling over the bye weirs.

[pearley]

1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:

And of course the River Trent is now closed to navigation at Stoke Bardolph lock due to a 'broken paddle'.

No it's not. CRT actually got their finger out. Brought a workboat from Cranfleet and did a temporary repair and reopened by 2pm.

Edited June 9, 2020 by pearley

[Naughty Cal]

44 minutes ago, pearley said:

No it's not. CRT actually got their finger out. Brought a workboat from Cranfleet and did a temporary repair and reopened by 2pm.

Have they shifted the silt build up below the locks yet?

 

Hazelfords new island looks quite impressive.

 

Edited June 9, 2020 by Naughty Cal

[pig]

1 hour ago, Naughty Cal said:

Have they shifted the silt build up below the locks yet?

 

Hazelfords new island looks quite impressive.

 

Is that Jesus?

[pearley]

2 hours ago, Naughty Cal said:

Have they shifted the silt build up below the locks yet?

 

Hazelfords new island looks quite impressive.

 

No. We moored below the lock and fortunately a CRT man came and told us to head towards the centre of the river then sort of S bend into the locks.

[Arthur Marshall]

Trentham lock sorted. That didn't take them long.

[Rob-M]

11 minutes ago, Arthur Marshall said:

Trentham lock sorted. That didn't take them long.

I don't expect many others will be back to comment on the repair though.

[Arthur Marshall]

12 minutes ago, Rob-M said:

I don't expect many others will be back to comment on the repair though.

Well, I do rather expect there'll be another major breach or failure along fairly soon!

[Tracy D'arth]

C&RT fixed 2 locks in a day!  Stoke and Trentham back in order.   Well done lads.  Keep it up.