"John and Ann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >There are three railway tunnels alongside the canal tunnel, the first >railway tunnel was dug by means of adits into the canal tunnel so the spoil >could be taken away in boats. Now that railway tunnel is disused and boats >are shadowed through the canal tunnel by some BW guys in a transit in the >disused railway tunnel. The adits are now the emergency escape route from >the canal tunnel but are all alarmed in case of 'trespassers' leaving boats >- this is one of the reasons that your are BW supervised through Standedge - >in case of idiots going exploring railway tunnels. Hence the number of BW >staff - 1 passenger pod skipper, 1 tunnel guide, 1 tug pilot, 1 guy on each >boat for fending off and the staff in the transit. > >John
I blame HealthandSafety. New punchline for old joke ... "One to change the bulb, five to hold the ladder" Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966
