2009 National - Latest.....................
Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:16:27 +0100
When I came past Redhill (confluence of Trent & Soar) on the train
today, the banks were well under water...................
Brian L Dominic
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Fleet canal?
Sun, 7 Sep 2008 10:24:13 -0700 (PDT)
No, not the Fleet in Hampshire.... but the canalisation of the river
Fleet in London, which apparently happened in the 17th century pre
Fire of London. Wharfs and warehouses were built, but hardly used. In
fact cart traffic used the flat keys as a short cut to the Thames we
are told. It was all designed and built ...
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Murder on the GU
Sun, 7 Sep 2008 18:10:17 +0100
Murder inquiry after boat deaths
A man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of murder following
the death of two people on a canal boat.
Emergency services were called to Stoke Hammond, near Milton Keynes at
0035 BST after reports of a man and a woman seriously injured on a boat.
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Thames is on Red Boards
Sun, 7 Sep 2008 10:04:09 -0700 (PDT)
So I am told by waterscape stoppage reports, but not by the EA... by
BW!!
Tone ...
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breach on stourbridge canal
Sun, 7 Sep 2008 05:04:00 -0700 (PDT)
hi all,
Wanted to let you know the folowing.
The canal has breached east of Middle Bridge and is effectivelly
closed until further notice between the top of the Stourbridge 16
Locks and Stourton Junction. Britsh Waterways staff are on site
assessing the damage and assessing what can be dome immediately.
Water ...
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Bollards and numbers (was License fees)
Sun, 7 Sep 2008 10:18:17 +0100
The message <iOidnYPShJstgF7VnZ2dnUVZ8h2dnZ2d@giganews.com>
from "Neil Arlidge" <news1@tuesdaynightclub.co.uk> contains these words:
> The narrow lock bollard fiasco is about to blow up in their face.
> The cill marker and bridge numbering farce will also come to haunt them.
I may havemissed something here w ...
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Boat license fees
Sat, 6 Sep 2008 13:14:35 -0700 (PDT)
I've just read the BW winter stoppages programme and find to my
amazement that this year the annual maintenance on the Anderton boat
lift is scheduled to take 3 months. I believe that this is more a way
for BW to save money than a need to do so much work on a piece of
machinery that had ¡ê8m spent on it for a compl ...
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BW's increases
Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:17:39 +0100
Re BW's stated intention to raise an extra ¡ê5 million from boaters over
the next 3 years:
Instead of joining in the divide and rule game that BW has successfully
fostered, is this not a time to unite to say that this is a monopoly
misusing its position.
Is there anyone here in the legal profession who could ma ...
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Shackerstone
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:03:02 +0100
I have just heard that the Shackerstone Rally has been cancelled due to
the bad weather.
Brian
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Re: ..and the worst excuse for not slowing down when passing a moored boat is..
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:19:15 +0100
On Thu, 4 Sep 2008 20:47:45 +0100, Julian Tether
<pargebarge@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>In message <6i9d87Foot6qU1@mid.individual.net>, John Gwalter
><ernest@stoppage.gwalter.co.uk> writes
>>On a more constructive note, I have experienced waterways where even
>>tickover is too fast to pass moored boats, conditi ...
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