Maybe BW bean counters figure if the empty pound was unfenced we (of the ready-to-sue public) might fall in and get sucked down to our doom in the deep thick undredged mud. But, if we should fall in the water of a full pound the chance of their being sued is much less for we can walk ashore - as long as the water is (for safety reasons) kept shallow..
Phil Rushton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Stott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 4:31 PM Subject: [canals-list] Re: Risks in the nanny state > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >A few years ago we successfully argued that it was unnecessary for volunteers to wear life jackets to install mooring rings in the towpath at Froghall, working several feet back from the edge of a channel barely 3ft deep, on the grounds that nobody had ever suggested that any of the dozens of towpath walkers needed to take any such precautions. I don't think we'd be as likely to be successful today. > > Better drowned than duffers, eh? In recent years when BW have been doing winter maintenance at Bosley locks they have erected safety netting between the towpath edge and empty canal pounds. What H & S person thought that an empty canal is more dangerous than a full one? Phil --------------------------------- Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
