And now the Birmingham New Line

[pearley]

Came out of the dry dock at Hockley Port yesterday afternoon and thought the level was down a bit. Moored by Sea Life Centre and level down more today with some boats at Sherborne on the bottom. 6 to 8 inches I estimate. 

 

Emailed CRT to get this reply:

Thanks Peter, we have a 50 mile stretch affected thanks to vandalism.  The team are on the case but this may take a couple of days to resolve.

[AndrewIC]

Perhaps related to the notice issued earlier today that Ryders Green locks will be locked up from 4pm to 8am daily?

[nicknorman]

There’s a stoppage restricting the Ryder’s Green flight to certain opening hours, locked outside those hours due to vandalism. Perhaps this is the issue?

[matty40s]

That will be to restrict the numbers of trolleys dumped in by Asda. 

[Machpoint005]

Perhaps the "couple of days" is just how long they expect it to take to refill the pound?

[MoominPapa]

Noticed this at Hockley Port this morning. My guess was Ryders Green or Blowers Green or another damn culvert. Thanks for the info.

 

MP.

[MoominPapa]

 

 

[matty40s]

Good to see the new regional trustee getting in straight away.

[john6767]

Going into the centre of Birmingham tomorrow morning, I hope the level has come up a bit by then or it will be a long slow grind getting there.

[pearley]

21 minutes ago, john6767 said:

Going into the centre of Birmingham tomorrow morning, I hope the level has come up a bit by then or it will be a long slow grind getting there.

Hasn't altered much since this morning. 

[Dave_P]

I've just measured it by my mooring and it's around 6-7 inches down.  I'm off on my summer cruise on saturday (supposedly), hope it comes up a bit.

 

[john6767]

At the boat and the North Stratford is at least 6 inches down, that is a lot of water that has been lost.

[john6767]

The level does not seem to have recovered at all over night, it is very slow going.

[Sea Dog]

I'm surprised to see @metpolice amongst the list of suspects n post #7, but the rest ought to know better imho! 

[MoominPapa]

37 minutes ago, john6767 said:

The level does not seem to have recovered at all over night, it is very slow going.

It's halfway back to normal at Hockley Port.

 

MP.

 

Edited June 15, 2018 by MoominPapa

[john6767]

27 minutes ago, MoominPapa said:

It's halfway back to normal at Hockley Port.

 

MP.

 

Perhaps it is being filled from Edgebaston and I am going against the flow!

[Sea Dog]

1 hour ago, john6767 said:

The level does not seem to have recovered at all over night, it is very slow going.

It's gonna take a while John.  We're talking Tardebigge to Tipton and down the North Stratford - that's one helluva level to refill!

[john6767]

13 minutes ago, Sea Dog said:

It's gonna take a while John.  We're talking Tardebigge to Tipton and down the North Stratford - that's one helluva level to refill!

I appreciate It will, I was a bit concerned that perhaps there had been more trouble, but hopefully that is not the case.

[Sea Dog]

6 minutes ago, john6767 said:

I appreciate It will, I was a bit concerned that perhaps there had been more trouble, but hopefully that is not the case.

Agreed.  Let's hope so, there's enough leakage issues without eejuts adding to the list! 

[pearley]

Picture of Ryders Green here. 

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/lovethebcn/permalink/1868653929823313/

[Sea Dog]

11 minutes ago, pearley said:

Picture of Ryders Green here. 

 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/lovethebcn/permalink/1868653929823313/

Good to see that only the towpath was affected...! 

[Dave_P]

It was only down about 3" at HP this morning, about 2" down now.  I'd hope its back to normal by tomorrow morning.

[john6767]

Finally made it into Birmingham, slow all the way and the level is still well down in the centre.

 

Where is everybody though, no boats at all on the Arena side of the Main Line, only 3 boats on the other side, and 2 spaces on the Oozells St Loop.  Funny though that from Salvage Turn to Worcester Bar was completely full, don’t know why people pick to moor there, but I should not complain as it gave me the pick of the better places ?. 

[BWM]

I didn't see this thread before posting some details in the stoppages section. It seems to have affected water levels all over, with the long pound below Knowle being some inches lower than normal. 

[Graham Davis]

I presume there are no longer ground water pumps from the area around The Old Custard Factory in Digbeth, into the canals?