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dmr Veteran II

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The moorings up towards Cambrian Wharf are closed. Many of the Gas Street moorings are closed (those opposite the hotel).

The moorings by the arena (whatever its called now) are still ok but maybe when CaRT remove the floating market signs that will change. Suspect the plan is to prevent Tories seeing people living on boats, assume they must be having an event in the place offside towards Cambrian (and I really don't mean the Flapper).

Steel and concrete barricades appearing all over the place plus lots of 8 foot high fine mesh steel fencing. Oddly there is one of these fences erected right next to the Prince of Wales. I reckon the Tories are going to gather behind it to observe working class people going for a working class drink in a working class pub without any danger of accidentally making physical contact.

 

.............Dave

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dmr Veteran II

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Perhaps its to allow Mrs Mays submarine to arrive in stealth mode?....Is that too political here? boat.gif

 

Could be right, while we were doing the market a couple of dodgy looking young blokes asked me how deep I thought the water was, its all falling into place now.

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The only restrictions I am aware of is moving past the ICC. There will be one reserved mooring as the Heritage Working Boats Group have been asked to have a working boat on display.

 

Walked the dog up to Cambrian this afternoon, walked down to Tesco at the MailBox this evening, notices on mooring bollards at both locations. And not moving past ICC is a pretty big restriction. Still a lot of hire boats going through here too

 

...............Dave

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Walked the dog up to Cambrian this afternoon, walked down to Tesco at the MailBox this evening, notices on mooring bollards at both locations. And not moving past ICC is a pretty big restriction. Still a lot of hire boats going through here too

 

...............Dave

They don't actually close it, they just control access and possibly put a dog on board to check the boat before they let you through.

 

I guess security will be extra tight at this time, but strange the mooring restrictions are not on the stoppages.

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Notice Details

From Date: 1st October 2016 at 08:00 To Date: 5th October 2016 at 17:00 inclusive Type:Navigation RestrictionReason:InformationIs Towpath Closed?YesDescription:

The Conservative Party Conference is being held at the International Convention Centre (ICC), Birmingham. For security reasons restrictions will be imposed which will apply to all water traffic on the Birmingham New Main Line at the rear of the ICC to Broad Street tunnel on the above dates. All craft wishing to enter the restriction zone will be subject to a security check by Police which may include a search of the boat by officers and a dog. This will take approximately 15 minutes with the intention of keeping disruption to a minimum. Any communication should be to: PS 5021 Natalie Bird, Operation PELKIN, Police Headquarters, Operations Support, PO Box 52, Colmore Circus, Queensway, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 6QN.

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From Date: 1st October 2016 at 08:00 To Date: 5th October 2016 at 17:00 inclusive Type:Navigation RestrictionReason:InformationIs Towpath Closed?YesDescription:

The Conservative Party Conference is being held at the International Convention Centre (ICC), Birmingham. For security reasons restrictions will be imposed as follows:

 

1) The towpath on the ICC side of the canal will be closed.

 

2) The towpath on the National Sea Life Centre will have limited access.

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Chop! Rising Star

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They're afraid of a floating Guy Fawkes! ?

Or maybe they'll all arrive by narrowboat to save the expense of limousines, taxis, helicopters etc. They'll all be moaning that they could have arrived 10 minutes earlier if The Bullet, Oops! HS2 was running!

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More today:

 

 

Notice Alert

 

Intersection of:

 

Tindal Bridge to Tindal Bridge on Birmingham & Fazeley Canal

 

and

 

Gas Street - L1 Moorings to Gas Street - L1 Moorings on Worcester & Birmingham Canal.

 

and

 

Sherborne Wharf Footbridge to Sherborne Wharf Footbridge on Oozells Street Loop (New Main Line)

 

Tuesday 27 September 2016 10:00 until Thursday 6 October 2016 09:00

 

Type: Advice

Reason: Information

 

Original message:

 

Due to the Conservative Party Conference being held in Birmingham and at the request of the police we have reserved a maximum of 6 moorings around the city centre. These moorings will be clearly marked on the mooring bollards on site.

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