Harecastle Tunnel closed till further notice

[PCSB]

1 minute ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

I’m on the otherside of bridge. 
😃

 

 

It might of been you I was chatting with yesterday then  

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

1 minute ago, PCSB said:

It might of been you I was chatting with yesterday then  

were you mooring up as we spoke?

With the big friendly dog?

5 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

Not really as it doesn't cost CRT anything to disrupted the canal for boaters.

no it doesn’t,

but along with other stoppages,

it allows them to play the poverty card,

 

and why not play it?

even if they do have a stash under the bed. 

 

 

 

[IanD]

48 minutes ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

I’m on the otherside of bridge. 
😃

need a big bow saw for this one

Chainsaw?

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

I’ve more sense than to keep a chainsaw. Wouldn’t trust meself. 
 

It’s a proper big tree,

and oak,

hoping for some off cuts 

I’m happy waiting, 

Came here to rest up awhile anyway,

so a tree down is really no bother to me personally,

 

But naturally there are folk here who need/want to be elsewhere. 

 

 

My early Christmas present at Brewood PO will still be waiting there 👍

 

 

[GUMPY]

3 minutes ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

 

It’s a proper big tree,

and oak,

hoping for some off cuts 

Big branches are easily removed with a bow saw. ,😎

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

6 minutes ago, GUMPY said:

Big branches are easily removed with a bow saw. ,😎

You’re right,

👍

 But the good branches are out sticking in the cut,

and I ain’t dancing down no tree trunk, 💃 

to get them, 

the one pointing down to the towpath is rotten and ain’t worth the effort,

 

 

 

[magnetman]

1 hour ago, IanD said:

Chainsaw?

 

There is lot of stored energy in a tree in that position.  

 

 

[IanD]

Just now, magnetman said:

 

There is lot of stored energy in a tree in that position.  

 

 

I know, it was a tongue-in-cheek suggestion... 😉

 

(a chainsaw? on a tree suspended over water? with nothing to support it? what could *possibly* go wrong? 😉

[magnetman]

24 minutes ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

I’ve more sense than to keep a chainsaw. Wouldn’t trust meself. 
 

It’s a proper big tree,

and oak,

hoping for some off cuts 

 

If you can get them to cut it into 6 inch discs you're a better nan than me. 

 

Gungadin. 

 

 

Just now, IanD said:

 

I know, it was a tongue-in-cheek suggestion... 😉

 

(a chainsaw? on a tree suspended over water? with nothing to support it? what could *possibly* go wrong? 😉

 

A chainsaw will be used to dismantle it to be fair. 

 

 

 

 

This is where a @tree monkey is needed for commentary. 

 

Or a crazy boater with a really big Stihl saw and a mission to get to the water point. 

 

 

My little Makita 18 volt chain saw is quite good 

 

One must be sure to keep the chain sharp and enough bar oil in the tank. 

 

 

 

 

 

[tree monkey]

19 minutes ago, magnetman said:

 

There is lot of stored energy in a tree in that position.  

 

 

Yeah, that one would be a fun day

18 minutes ago, IanD said:

 

I know, it was a tongue-in-cheek suggestion... 😉

 

(a chainsaw? on a tree suspended over water? with nothing to support it? what could *possibly* go wrong? 😉

A wet monkey?

19 minutes ago, magnetman said:

If you can get them to cut it into 6 inch discs you're a better nan than me. 

 

Gungadin. 

 

 

 

A chainsaw will be used to dismantle it to be fair. 

 

 

 

 

This is where a @tree monkey is needed for commentary. 

 

Or a crazy boater with a really big Stihl saw and a mission to get to the water point. 

 

 

My little Makita 18 volt chain saw is quite good 

 

One must be sure to keep the chain sharp and enough bar oil in the tank. 

 

 

 

 

 

You were working that saw hard

 

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

21 minutes ago, magnetman said:

If you can get them to cut it into 6 inch discs you're a better nan than me. 

 

Gungadin. 

 

 

 

A chainsaw will be used to dismantle it to be fair. 

 

 

 

 

This is where a @tree monkey is needed for commentary. 

 

Or a crazy boater with a really big Stihl saw and a mission to get to the water point. 

 

 

My little Makita 18 volt chain saw is quite good 

 

One must be sure to keep the chain sharp and enough bar oil in the tank. 

 

 

 

 

 

Cordless?

Dinky little thing,

Looks harmless

I wouldn’t have thought it enough to deal with me nasal hair. 
 

 

[MtB]

2 hours ago, tree monkey said:

If you can get them to cut it into 6 inch discs you're a better nan than me. 

 

Gungadin. 

 

 

I doubt my nan would know how to start a chainsaw. Not even a lectric one...

 

 

 

[jake_crew]

On 09/11/2023 at 13:10, PeterScott said:

If that's the rescue boat on the right it needs more than a rudder fixed.

 

Edited November 11, 2023 by jake_crew

[Tacet]

I wonder why a rescue boat is essential for Harecastle and yet unnecessary for most tunnels?

[Arthur Marshall]

2 hours ago, Tacet said:

I wonder why a rescue boat is essential for Harecastle and yet unnecessary for most tunnels?

Is it busier than most long narrow tunnels, being on a popular ring?

[Sea Dog]

21 hours ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

They reckon they’ll be open for business first thing Monday morning. 

Coal boat Halsall has now had to cancel their trip south with deliveries being rescheduled by van or cancelled, so I'm guessing this is no longer the case. 

 

How specialist is this boat that a temporary replacement can't be used?

[MtB]

3 hours ago, Tacet said:

I wonder why a rescue boat is essential for Harecastle and yet unnecessary for most tunnels?

 

This is a good question.

 

Gosty Hill springs to mind as a similar tunnel but with no rescue boat.

 

 

[Paul C]

1 hour ago, MtB said:

 

This is a good question.

 

Gosty Hill springs to mind as a similar tunnel but with no rescue boat.

 

 

 

I imagine its down to risk factor, ie the risk of using the tunnel x number of passages.

[beerbeerbeerbeerbeer]

2 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

Coal boat Halsall has now had to cancel their trip south with deliveries being rescheduled by van or cancelled, so I'm guessing this is no longer the case. 

 

How specialist is this boat that a temporary replacement can't be used?

Yes, just read about that,

sounds like Halsall is being messed about with poor ‘communication’,

 

I think Wednesday reopening.....but 🤷‍♀️ who knows?

[ditchcrawler]

3 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

Coal boat Halsall has now had to cancel their trip south with deliveries being rescheduled by van or cancelled, so I'm guessing this is no longer the case. 

 

How specialist is this boat that a temporary replacement can't be used?

He has also written a long speal about his communications with CRT about the matter, available to read on Facebook, I will try and re-find it

2 hours ago, MtB said:

 

This is a good question.

 

Gosty Hill springs to mind as a similar tunnel but with no rescue boat.

 

 

I think there have been more rescues carried out up the Anderton/Preston Brook  end than Harecastle

19 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

He has also written a long speal about his communications with CRT about the matter, available to read on Facebook, I will try and re-find it

 

I do get so annoyed... - Fuel boat Halsall - Four Counties Fuels Ltd. | Facebook

[Arthur Marshall]

48 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

He has also written a long speal about his communications with CRT about the matter, available to read on Facebook, I will try and re-find it

I think there have been more rescues carried out up the Anderton/Preston Brook  end than Harecastle

I do get so annoyed... - Fuel boat Halsall - Four Counties Fuels Ltd. | Facebook

After my experience of being ripped off by Halsall, I think their complaint about lack of "transparency, open and honest" communications are a bit thick!

[Machpoint005]

5 hours ago, Sea Dog said:

Coal boat Halsall has now had to cancel their trip south with deliveries being rescheduled by van or cancelled, so I'm guessing this is no longer the case. 

 

How specialist is this boat that a temporary replacement can't be used?

 

Perhaps the temporary replacement rescue boat is at the wrong end of the tunnel? 

 

😁

[magnetman]

The blue boat with the dodgy 'it is going to rust and break orf' tiller/rudder assembly looks suspiciously like a generic BW workboat from the 70s or 80s. 

Past its sell by date I reckon. 

 

 

[IanD]

12 hours ago, Tacet said:

I wonder why a rescue boat is essential for Harecastle and yet unnecessary for most tunnels?

Maybe a knee-jerk reaction to the unfortunate death there several years ago of a steerer who fell off the stern and drowned?

 

I say "knee-jerk" because the risk in Harecastle is no different to many other tunnels which don't have a rescue boat...

[MtB]

2 minutes ago, IanD said:

Maybe a knee-jerk reaction to the unfortunate death there several years ago of a steerer who fell off the stern and drowned?

 

I say "knee-jerk" because the risk in Harecastle is no different to many other tunnels which don't have a rescue boat...

 

Wasn't that in Gosty Hill tunnel?