--- In [email protected], David Cragg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Picking up on Fazeley and BWs response to suggestions I always
like to give a dog a second chance.
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> So, while boating I wrote to the Fazeley office pointing out the
lack of BW provided free toilet emptying facilities at various
places on their remit and suggesting, given the ever increasing
numbers of marinas and boats in the area that it might be an idea to
make more room for mooring at many of the facilities they have got
while providing new ones facilities at places like Compton and
Rugeley.
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> Today I got a reply! That's the good news. The bad is Fazeley
smugly said they are happy with their network of Water/Refuse/Sewage
points and all the gaps in it (where they don't provide WRS) there
are private companies doing the job though these quite reasonably
make you pay for the services.
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> So, once again we pay BW though our boat licenses for basic
things like water, refuse and sewage but when their facilities are
inadequate BW say it's up to us to pay again to get what they should
provide for free. Any comments Debbi?
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> -- On Wed, 7/9/08, David Cragg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> From: David Cragg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Speeding - caught on camera?
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 4:20 PM
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> But the whole point of the original comment on the Fazely mob (not
by me) was that they don't reply to comments and certainly do nowt
about 'em. Maybe you could stir them up sir.
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> --- On Wed, 7/9/08, Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED] uk> wrote:
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> From: Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED] uk>
> Subject: [canals-list] Re: Speeding - caught on camera?
> To: canals-list@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008, 10:25 AM
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> David Cragg <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote:
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> >One must realise that the Fazeley mob are much more interested in
spending a fortune dumping weeds on the towpath side of their
canals rather than spending money replying to us lot.
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> > I see their narrowed bits on the S&W (dredged two year back and
dumped behind soft edging offside) are silted already. We were told
by one chap (surveying) that his firm has a contract for
more 'temporary' soft edging near Compton.
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> Quite apart from being daft, this is a direct violation of policy
BW
> agreed with users nationally, which is that when dredging is done
it
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> If money is short, then the length to be dredged should be reduced.
> The profile never should be.
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> Take the BW manager to task!
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All I can say is that I do not have sufficent information regarding
this case but agree it most probably needs further looking into. If
you haven't already started this please start a formal complaint in
writing via Jonathan Bryant at British Waterways, 64 Clarendon Road,
Watford, Herts, WD17 etc. I can't comment from an official capacity
as it's not my patch and I am not sufficiently informed. From a
personal boater's perspective I can see that something seems amiss
but not having boated this area for over 12 months do not feel
sufficently qualified to comment other than I know when I'm boating
I like to have frequent opportunities for Elsan stops although I've
now invested in 3 cassettes which do go a long way to preventing
crossed legs etc.
Debbi
