In a message dated 08/08/2008 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: on a slightly different topic .... If BW is concerned about Health and Safety issues, when are they planning to cut the vegetation from the waters edge, when the towpath grass is cut, so that you don't need knee length jackboots and a machete to moor up? ... We have seen several grass cutting teams at work, along the towpaths as we have been cruising. The towpaths are nice and short for all the *non paying* public to use (walkers and cyclists). I wonder when BW are going to look after us, the license paying customers? (Customers definition .... someone who pays for a service or goods)
Towpath Talk mentioned this in the August edition. Apparently BW have changed contractors on the Oxford / Grand Union and these have inherited a large backlog. The contractors have employed 18 permanent people to do the work under normal circumstances but in view of the backlog, they have currently employed an extra 14. There was a lot of activity around Nuneaton about 4 weeks ago so they seem to be working their way along the system. DaveD [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
