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[PeterScott]

Richard Parry and Ian Clark Pennine Cruisers on the Today Programme 0742 R4 this morning. It'll be on r4Sounds in a mo ...

 

IC said he started on the canals in 1975 and bought Pennine Cruisers in 2000 -  still trading but major blow to have the  L&L locks closed: water resources mismanaged this year, too many leaks. Contractors ...

 

RP said: infrastructure 200-years-old, locks closed but water still in the canals for walkers, fishermen etc. Protecting fish and wildlife. Need more rainfall as well as using reservoirs. Of the money resources available Govt grant fixed in these inflationary times

Edited August 6, 2022 by PeterScott
interview main points

[frangar]

Thank you. I heard the “headline” but thought I might miss the report and I did! Will listen on sounds when it arrives. 

[Tim Lewis]

You didn’t miss much, it only mentioned the Leeds and Liverpool closure, nothing about the rest of the system shutting down!

[Orwellian]

Parry mentioned towpaths quite a lot..........

[Alan de Enfield]

13 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said:

You didn’t miss much, it only mentioned the Leeds and Liverpool closure, nothing about the rest of the system shutting down!

 

The canal system is a bit like a body with Cancer :

 

The body starts to shut down, organ by organ,  bit by bit by bit until it can no longer function.

[frangar]

1 minute ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

The canal system is a bit like a body with Cancer :

 

The body starts to shut down, organ by organ,  bit by bit by bit until it can no longer function.

Thankfully there are those of us willing to be antibodies and fight all we can against such infections. 

[Ex Brummie]

Having water in the canals for walkers, etc. is all very well, but if navigation cannot continue to keep it replenished, there will not be many walkers alongside the stagnant ponds, nor many fish in the decaying muck.

[Alan de Enfield]

 

[Midnight]

4 hours ago, Orwellian said:

Parry mentioned towpaths quite a lot..........

Well he would. C&RT as a navigation authority is a disaster, as a leisure provider very successful apart from the cyclists mowing down walkers. The man is not interested in navigation, promises boaters lots, delivers very little. He's also very successful at building a brand at the expense of navigation. It's better by water but not on it. 

[cuthound]

On 06/08/2022 at 13:24, Midnight said:

Well he would. C&RT as a navigation authority is a disaster, as a leisure provider very successful apart from the cyclists mowing down walkers. The man is not interested in navigation, promises boaters lots, delivers very little. He's also very successful at building a brand at the expense of navigation. It's better by water but not on it. 

 

Note the semantics "Life is better by water" not "better on water"...