--- In [email protected], Martin Clark <ya...@...> wrote: > > Bruce Napier wrote: > > I'm in a very pessimistic mood today about the future of the system. > > We're currently slogging along the eastern K&A; I guess if Defra/BW/EA > > have to bear there full share of the 25% cuts, and we can be sure the > > farmers don't get clobbered, then we can look forward to substantial > > amounts of deterioration in the near future. > > > > All this debate about a National Waterways Authority is all very well, > > but where's the money coming from? > > > > Anybody else here remember the 70s? > > > > I've just said this in the blog: > > > >> For my money, we'd be better to mothball some of the less popular > >> and badly maintained routes until the wheel turns again, rather than > >> struggle to keep the whole system going. That would lead to an > >> acrimonious debate about which canals to close down for a bit, of > >> course, but I'm thinking of the ones which spend a lot of their time > >> stopped anyway, so K&A, Huddersfield Narrow, Rochdale above > >> Manchester... > >> > >> I await the howls of rage! > > Nah - you're just being silly there! > > The Llangollen Canal and the Shropshire Union seem to have spent the > most time having closures recently, so they are the most obvious candidates! > --
Wrong - those mothballing candidites should be those lesser used routes - Hudd - Rochdale etc. Pete
