chris potter wrote...
 >No it is because of the electrically operated bridges that BW work
 >on this stretch I have been in in a convoy of over twenty boats that
 >made it to the docks and then onward to Eastham for the 1998
 >national in Salford Quays.CKP

The police won't allow BW to let 20+ boats at a time pass through the 
two busiest swing bridges any more. They have to let 6 - 8 through and 
then re-open the bridge to traffic, then let the next bunch through 
later on, once the traffic chaos has subsided.
-- 
Martin Clark

Pennine Waterways Website    http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk

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