I still carry a hefty crowbar in the locker, sometimes it is the only way to gently ease open a top gate when the bottom gates leak badly, the alternative is to waste lots of water. I learnt this trick from a BWB lengthman many years ago.CKP
________________________________ From: Baz Juniper <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 28 June, 2010 13:28:42 Subject: Re: [canals-list] Failing canals On 28 Jun 2010, at 10:09, Bruce Napier pondered: > > Still don't know how we're going to cope with the next few years, > though. Greater use of the long shaft to get off the unexpected shallow bits; Greater use of plank to get you across them; A quick-release weed hatch lock; Shears to cut down enough vegetation to get to the towpath from a mooring; An alarm clock to make an early start while there's still some water. It'll be loads of fun :-) Hopefully it won't get to the point where a tirfor and a few sheets of scrap plywood were, I believe, de rigeur for some canals. Baz [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
