Liam Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Had the following email from Mike Webb from the MSCCo / Peel Holdings... BRIDGEWATER CANAL POMONA LOCK FEES 2009/10 Notice is hereby given that Pomona Lock fees are to be increased to £21.00 per craft per lock with immediate effect until further notice. Craft returning through the Lock on the same day will only be charged a single fee. Please note charges for the use of Pomona Lock are not applicable to Bridgewater Canal licence holders The Bridgewater Canal Company Limited Peel Dome The Trafford Centre Manchester M17 8PL Date 2nd April 2009 email mwebb@peel.co.uk Telephone number 0161 629 8266 Website www.bridgewatercanal.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1066 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 It's nice to know that I can get something for nothing with my Bridgewater licence .... even if I'll probably never use it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted April 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 The way I see it is that you don't really get something for nothing though, as it is covered in your original license fees. I see it the other way, and with the current restrictions they have in place I can't help feeling that it isn't fair. We're currently limited to imbetween May and September and have to give 1 weeks notice and there needs to be at least 2 boats to drop down as they (the lockies) won't turn up for a single boater. What makes it worse is that the trip boat, who although is a wide beam boat, can go up and down the lock as they please, at any time of day or night all through the year. Also, why is it the case that the water sports centre is allowed free and unmetered access into the Quays when narrowboats/cruisers aren't. Not fair! Rant over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy-Neil Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 (edited) We're currently limited to imbetween May and September and have to give 1 weeks notice and there needs to be at least 2 boats to drop down as they (the lockies) won't turn up for a single boater. Would they turn out for one boat paying double the fee? Edited April 17, 2009 by Hairy-Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted April 17, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Does a bear sh*t in the woods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machpoint005 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Given that at least two people have to turn up to do the job, I'd say £21 was excellent value! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHutch Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Sounds fair to me. Does anyone have an update on the current costs/process to book a passage? Thanks Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frangar Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 On 17/04/2009 at 15:33, Machpoint005 said: Given that at least two people have to turn up to do the job, I'd say £21 was excellent value! But its just a lock.....nothing technical about its operation...It just shows that Peel haven't really moved on from their roots as a bunch of cowboy wheel clamp operators...they only brought the Bridgewater to get the property rights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) Does it still apply 11 years later?? Surely it must me more by now?? Edited March 25, 2021 by The Happy Nomad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted March 25, 2021 Report Share Posted March 25, 2021 Google gets me this, but it doesn't really help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grassman Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 It was £30 to get through Pomona Lock in July 2019 when we did it so I guess it wouldn't be much more than that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 New booking system : Passage booking on the Bridgewater Canal goes live on 29 March It’s rather timely that with a return to boating within touching distance, boaters can now book their passage on the Bridgewater Canal online. An agreement between the Trust and the Bridgewater Canal Company means that boaters can now spend up to ten days cruising away from their home navigation free of charge. There are no restrictions about how far you can travel, but you will need to book your passage online and return to your home navigation authority within the ten days. You can revisit the other authority’s water again after a 28-day period. Holiday hire boats, whichever waterway they are based on, will have unlimited access across both navigations. Richard Parry, chief executive of the Trust, comments: “I am pleased that this agreement with the Bridgewater Canal Company will give boaters easier, and more, access to the canals of the North West – regardless of which navigation authority they are licensed with. We look forward to welcoming boaters from the Bridgewater Canal on to our network.” Peter Parkinson, Director of the Bridgewater Canal, agrees: “It’s great that we’ve been able to come to this agreement. The Bridgewater Canal has a lot to offer, it was constructed over 250 years ago by the Duke of Bridgewater and is considered to be the first true canal in England. Built at one level, its route followed the contours of the land to avoid the use of locks. Attractions include the 12th Century monastic ruins at Norton Priory through to Worsley Delph, the entrance to the underground canals in the Duke of Bridgewater’s mines.” More information on booking passages online (for a variety of waterway structures) can be found on our website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenA Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 39 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said: There are no restrictions about how far you can travel, but you will need to book your passage online and return to your home navigation authority within the ten days. You can revisit the other authority’s water again after a 28-day period. In all the stuff about this agreement since they first announced it I've yet to see them confirm that it is "acceptable" to Cruise North from Preston Brook towards Leigh one weekend Do the Liverpool Link in the week Cruise South from Leigh to Preston Brook the next weekend. Also two years ago we came off the Weaver, worked out we had some spare time and went to Lymn for the night (and a few beers). Are they really suggesting you now have to book online to do something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frangar Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 14 minutes ago, StephenA said: In all the stuff about this agreement since they first announced it I've yet to see them confirm that it is "acceptable" to Cruise North from Preston Brook towards Leigh one weekend Do the Liverpool Link in the week Cruise South from Leigh to Preston Brook the next weekend. Also two years ago we came off the Weaver, worked out we had some spare time and went to Lymn for the night (and a few beers). Are they really suggesting you now have to book online to do something like that? Apparently for once its down to Peel rather than CRT.....and they didn't want to give what they did....I think you should be able to do what you suggest now but who knows with Pell....I think Sonny might be testing the depth of the bridgewater again..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain_S Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 After much faffing about on the CaRT site, which seemed to remember me as having a login, but forgotten everything else about it, (although they are still sending stoppage noticesof interest), I went to the bookings section. Couldn't find any mention of the Bridgewater ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterF Posted March 26, 2021 Report Share Posted March 26, 2021 (edited) 48 minutes ago, Iain_S said: After much faffing about on the CaRT site, which seemed to remember me as having a login, but forgotten everything else about it, (although they are still sending stoppage noticesof interest), I went to the bookings section. Couldn't find any mention of the Bridgewater ... That is because in bold headlines in Alan's quote it states Passage booking on the Bridgewater Canal goes live on 29 March Edited March 26, 2021 by PeterF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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