On 26/06/2010 14:53, chris potter wrote: > It transpires that the damaged gates were not in good condition and were > marked for renewal last winter, for some reason this didn't happen. The gates > were however very old ones and had been in situe for some 16 years! Are we > getting value for money from BWs procurement department? I doubt it. It didn't happen because of the heavy icing on the K&A and subsequent dangerous working conditions - I'm not sure we can blame BW for this one as I understand that they still did a lot of work on the gates and pounds.
The K&A suffered a bit last year with gates being damaged by boats passing through - or trying to; at least one gate was apparently lifted and needed 're-seating', or what ever it is called, and I saw one at Hungerford which had been ripped out at the hinge (and was completely repaired within a day or so, including re-concreting the upper hinge strap). It wasn't *me* either .. lol .. despite my stay on the K&A in order to get the hang of these 'nb' things!! Trevor nb.'Wyrd' - somewhere on the GUC and possibly heading your way - so dig out your fenders; remember, you have been warned :-))>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
