They might be short of money but they are never short of imaginative ways to spend/waste the money they say they haven't got.
--- On Sun, 7/20/08, rb999sb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: rb999sb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [canals-list] Re: Colwich Lock To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, July 20, 2008, 7:38 PM --- In canals-list@ yahoogroups. com, "Neil Arlidge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David Cragg wrote: > > Colwich has had our worst lock vote for years. > > > > On one occasion while queuing, the wife grabbed a BW white shirt type > > and told him to try the gates. He informed her it was not his job - > > he was there about the hut opposite the house which might need work > > done on it (?). > > > > As I understand it the lock is managed by that lot at Fazeley. They > > are more interested in the weeds growing on the towpath side below > > the locks than the boaters trying to climb through them to moor, let > > alone work the lock! > > > > In their (Fazeley office) world no doubt all is lovely, Maybe a day > > out for each of their many managers, in turn, winding paddles and > > moving gates while locking boats through Colwich might give them a > > more realistic idea of the quality of the canal structures in their > > area. > > They are probably too busy doing the other 6 jobs they have now been given. > > -- > Carter Brandon - Engish Barge Erne Nest - Grand Canal permit 2963...where > they are so overstaffed they fight over possesion of the 1 boat a week. > They are probably putting in all those nasty trip hazards at the locks. How can BW say they are short of money whilst doing things like that. Sue [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
