In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Stevens
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Bob Adams wrote:
>
>> I'm beginning to believe that visitor moorings away from 'honeypot
>> sites' no longer exist. Many times when we attempted to moor 'in the
>> middle of nowhere' along the 4 counties ring this year, we were
>> thwarted by the lack of dredging.
>>
>> It appears that BW want to force us to moor only where they dredge,
>> whether that suits us or not.
>
>I think you're blaming the wrong people. Many canals were built with
>shallow edges, on the assumption that boats wpould oly tie up ay rcognised
>wharves. In such cases the edge can't be deepened by simple dredging as
>that would cut through the puddled clay and cause the canal to leak.
>
>
Why didn't I have problems mooring almost anywhere when I last did the 4
Counties ring nearly thirty years ago then?
Bob
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