Llangollen breach

[Rick]

Just a bit of info. The Llangollen has breached at Hampton Bank and there is a distinct shortage of the floaty stuff.

 

Richard

[DHutch]

Ouch - thats another breach, burscough wasnt that long ago

 

- which messed up our season a bit as we where stuck down at tarleton for weeks

 

 

 

daniel

[Rick]

According to BW it is likely to be Easter before the repairs are completed. I haven't seen the breach but was told that a 50 yard section had gone, caused by badgers.

 

The towpath is shut because there is a weak section on the towpath side they say, which means that it is not possible to see the damage which is on the other side.

 

There are a number of disappointed people in Whixall who were going for a Christmas cruise. BW are supposed to be approaching land owners in the area to see about getting access to enable them to pump water into the canal to restore the levels having closed the canal at Grindley Brook.

 

Richard

[John Orentas]

That's good let's all blame the Badgers. Good excuse to have some fun killing them now that Fox hunting is looking dodgy.

 

John Squeers

[dor]

The Llangollen has a long and venerable history of breaches. All invariably caused by building on the side of the hill and not making allowances for groundwater moving down the slope. The water finds a plane of weakness under the canal, often a clay layer, and uses it to get past the canal. Clay layer plus water creates very slippery layer..... whooosh.

 

Badgers are the fall-guys yet again. Suprised they haven't blamed the water voles.

[nbtafelberg]

Water voles...now theres a thing.

 

All these nice animal rights people release Minks and they kill off the Water Voles...Great move.

[Oliver]

Just heard someone from BWB talking on the radio and saying that it could be Easter before the breach is repaired and the canal fully open.

[Rick]

Water rising in Whixall, still low but getting there. The boats by bridge 50 are floating/almost floating and there is water under Bettisfield bridge. I think that this is near enough as good as it gets for a while.

 

Richard

[dor]

Posted this in another thread, but putting it here as it seems relevant:

 

Pictures can be found at http://www.minsups.co.uk/isis

 

Taken near the breach yesterday (13th)

[gorbo]

Our boat is at Whixall and we were a foot down last week, bet its nice christmas that would be typical

[DHutch]

YAY, another one from Whixall!!

[James York]

hows things going down there? Have they got the bank rebuilt yet and whats the water level doing?

[DHutch]

The bank still as it was (aprently) and there still saying it should be done before easter, and the it was badgers (they found three dead in the mud as they where tidying it up a bit)

 

they have put planks in eather side and are pumping round, which is enought to keep the hurleston reservoir toped up (about 15000gal/hour) and this also keeping to water in whixhal, although it goes up and down by about a foot

 

i still havent seem the breach myself, we where going to go there today, but it never happend what with one thing and another, if go though i'll try and get some good photos of the hole, etc.

 

daniel