Cheshire cat Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 Message from C&RT Following the announcement from the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care (29 June 2020) regarding the reintroduction of lockdown measures in Leicester, we are issuing new guidance on use of the waterways in the city and surrounding areas during this period. In line with Government advice we are asking leisure boaters to stop all non-essential travel into and through the city with immediate effect. In order to help those who live-aboard, the Trust is suspending the requirement to move every 14 days on moorings between Wanlip (Bridge 18) and Newton Harcourt (Bridge 52). The suspension will be kept under review in line with revised government guidance. In addition leisure boaters with a mooring in the affected area who do not liveaboard will be unable to visit their boats during this period. Hire boat bases, which are due to begin operating again from 4 July, are asked to direct their customers away from the affected area. Angling and paddle sports have now been suspended on the River Soar/Grand Union Canal between the locations identified above. Whilst towpaths in the city will remain open, use of them should be limited. We are asking people to please stay local, avoid any stretches with moored boats and strictly observe social distancing at all times. In particular, cyclists should go slowly and take care around other users. During this period of lockdown we will be working to ensure that vital boater facilities and services are accessible to those that need them. Work in the city will be focused on those roles which are critical to the safe management of the waterways, for example managing water levels, carrying out statutory inspections of canal structures and ensuring essential facilities for boaters are available. All volunteering, including work done by partner groups, in the affected area is now suspended. We ask everyone to be considerate during this period of extended lockdown and to enjoy their local waterway responsibly. Throughout this crisis waterways have provided an important lifeline and will continue to do so over the next two weeks as people in Leicester look for local green open spaces for their daily exercise. We will be doing whatever we can to support our customers and protect the waterways so we can return to enjoying them fully when restrictions can be eased. The situation will be kept under active review and updates provided in line with the latest Government guidance. Stay safe, Damian Boating communications manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 Just in case you weren't aware.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 No boating in Leicester Hi Alan, Following the announcement from the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care (29 June 2020) regarding the reintroduction of lockdown measures in Leicester, we are issuing new guidance on use of the waterways in the city and surrounding areas during this period. In line with Government advice we are asking leisure boaters to stop all non-essential travel into and through the city with immediate effect. In order to help those who live-aboard, the Trust is suspending the requirement to move every 14 days on moorings between Wanlip (Bridge 18) and Newton Harcourt (Bridge 52). The suspension will be kept under review in line with revised government guidance. In addition leisure boaters with a mooring in the affected area who do not liveaboard will be unable to visit their boats during this period. Hire boat bases, which are due to begin operating again from 4 July, are asked to direct their customers away from the affected area. Angling and paddle sports have now been suspended on the River Soar/Grand Union Canal between the locations identified above. Whilst towpaths in the city will remain open, use of them should be limited. We are asking people to please stay local, avoid any stretches with moored boats and strictly observe social distancing at all times. In particular, cyclists should go slowly and take care around other users. During this period of lockdown we will be working to ensure that vital boater facilities and services are accessible to those that need them. Work in the city will be focused on those roles which are critical to the safe management of the waterways, for example managing water levels, carrying out statutory inspections of canal structures and ensuring essential facilities for boaters are available. All volunteering, including work done by partner groups, in the affected area is now suspended. We ask everyone to be considerate during this period of extended lockdown and to enjoy their local waterway responsibly. Throughout this crisis waterways have provided an important lifeline and will continue to do so over the next two weeks as people in Leicester look for local green open spaces for their daily exercise. We will be doing whatever we can to support our customers and protect the waterways so we can return to enjoying them fully when restrictions can be eased. The situation will be kept under active review and updates provided in line with the latest Government guidance. Stay safe, Damian Boating communications manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 I meant Primark, town centre AND Fosse Park......wheres me gonna get me leggins naaawww. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted June 30, 2020 Report Share Posted June 30, 2020 So all continuous moorers to Leicester then? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 I also got the email from Damian about Leicester being shut. But the Subject heading on the email was: "Boating in the north west update 30 June 2020" So have they moved Leicester for the duration of the shutdown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 8 hours ago, zenataomm said: So all continuous moorers to Leicester then? Would make the west end of the K and A more accessible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie patrick Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 8 hours ago, zenataomm said: So all continuous moorers to Leicester then? 11 minutes ago, mrsmelly said: Would make the west end of the K and A more accessible. Trouble is it would take about three weeks to get there! It might be worth moving that kind of distance for a long term advantage but the lockdown will have lifted before the journey is complete As boats shouldn't enter or leave the lockdown area CRT will have an interesting time with those mooring within, say, five miles either side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 1 hour ago, magpie patrick said: Trouble is it would take about three weeks to get there! It might be worth moving that kind of distance for a long term advantage but the lockdown will have lifted before the journey is complete As boats shouldn't enter or leave the lockdown area CRT will have an interesting time with those mooring within, say, five miles either side If the continuous moorers all get to Leicester en masse then each day phone in and say they have covid symptoms as there will be a couple of thousand of them it will look like a major spike and Leicester could remain locked down for months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerra Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 32 minutes ago, mrsmelly said: If the continuous moorers all get to Leicester en masse then each day phone in and say they have covid symptoms as there will be a couple of thousand of them it will look like a major spike and Leicester could remain locked down for months Don't put ideas into peoples heads. I thought you were against long lockdowns. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudds Lad Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 i see part of the lockdown ring around Leicester includes the M1, will there be a detour or can we use one of these "air bridges" they keep banging on about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 6 minutes ago, Hudds Lad said: i see part of the lockdown ring around Leicester includes the M1, will there be a detour or can we use one of these "air bridges" they keep banging on about? The old model : and the newer models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hudds Lad Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) @Alan de Enfieldyou'll never get a week's beer, clothes, food & beer in one of those, also need room for the wife & child, and beer, did i mention beer? Edited July 1, 2020 by Hudds Lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 19 minutes ago, Hudds Lad said: @Alan de Enfieldyou'll never get a week's beer, clothes, food & beer in one of those, also need room for the wife & child, and beer, did i mention beer? You are not thinking this thru - you have a trailer : 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) Perhaps, Alan, can we have a voice of sense. Where on the Leicester section, south of Leicester, is the canal shut. the published notice is Bridge 52 (above), but on the internet it is bridge 82, and Newton Harcourt as it is sometimes called is bridge 79 ? And does CRT stand for " Could not Read T'map ? Edited July 1, 2020 by Heartland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoominPapa Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 8 minutes ago, Heartland said: Perhaps, Alan, can we have a voice of sense. Where on the Leicester section, south of Leicester, is the canal shut. the published notice is Bridge 52 (above), but on the internet it is bridge 82, and Newton Harcourt as it is sometimes called is bridge 79 ? And does CRT stand for " Could not Read T'map ? It's bridge 82. Look on an OS map and local government boundary crosses it. MP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 Another spike in Leicester : Walkers crisp factory have been reporting employees testing positive for some days, but todays figure is 48 a big increase. What is it about food factories ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 O gawd, that will no doubt lead to a drop on Crisp Sales Now which former footballer likes eating crisps mmmm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Arthur Marshall Posted July 1, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 22 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said: Another spike in Leicester : Walkers crisp factory have been reporting employees testing positive for some days, but todays figure is 48 a big increase. What is it about food factories ? Casual employment, no unions, minimum wage, zero-hours contracts. Plenty more desperate employees where those came from so why bother to try to put any pro-health measures in place. Food factories, sandwich factories, meat packing plants and abattoirs have always been death traps, but they used to just kill the people who worked there, not their grannies as well, so nobody ever gave a toss. Once the dole office start whacking sanctions out on people to make them even more scared of not going to work, it'll get worse. If you look at where the four spikes are, they're areas of serious deprivation & poverty. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stilllearning Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 What I don’t understand about this situation is why https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53244626 Hasn't been being shared routinely since day one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 I misread the title of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulD Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 2 minutes ago, Stilllearning said: What I don’t understand about this situation is why https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53244626 Hasn't been being shared routinely since day one 80 positive tests reported instead of 944 is a bit off the mark but Starmer is "mistaken" according to Boris. Better get your boats into the middle of nowhere before all the other cities go into lock down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulD Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 22 minutes ago, PaulD said: 80 positive tests reported instead of 944 is a bit off the mark but Starmer is "mistaken" according to Boris. Better get your boats into the middle of nowhere before all the other cities go into lock down. Apparently reporting to local authorities and even Public Health England wasn't in the contract with Deloitte. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland elsdon Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 38 minutes ago, Stilllearning said: What I don’t understand about this situation is why https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53244626 Hasn't been being shared routinely since day one Open and government do not appear on the same page. When you live by misinformation then you cannot be honest about anything. The first lie is the hardest, and that was such a long time ago for Boris and his cabal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robtheplod Posted July 1, 2020 Report Share Posted July 1, 2020 Presume they put chains across the in/out section? Can boaters still carry on as normal in the search for water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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