On 10/22/06, <> wrote:
>
> On Sunday, October 22, 2006 4:33 PM [GMT+1=CET],
> Susan Burchett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> > How much do BW spend on towpaths? I understood it was local councils
> > that paid for this facility.
>
> As I understand it, this varies from area to area. At one time BW was
> very
> active in negoiiating towpath-maintenance agreements with local
> authorities,
> but in recent years a lot of local authorities have pulled out of
> these. In
> the last three years when I've been judging the Lock & Length competitions
> in BW's London Regions, all the towpaths in the lengths I've looked at
> were
> maintained either by BW's own staff or BW-paid contractors.
>
> Mike Stevens
> narrowboat Felis Catus III
> web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk
>
> Based upon my recent cruise around the Thames Ring, I would suggest that
the towpath that was the least maintained would be that of the Oxford
Canal. It appeared to me that even a monthly pass with a strimmer or
similar cutting implement would certainly have improved the walkability of
the path, but to make it properly usable by bicycles would take quite a bit
more effort [and, presumably, money].
I seem to recall passing a BW facility somewhere along the S. Oxford where
one of the BW employees was busily chopping away at the vegetation with a
sickle, while the towpath was seriously overgrown. Even at its most rural,
the GU's towpath was a motorway in comparison to the Oxford's.
Yours horticulturally,
Phil
nb John Deere
--
Phil & Anne Irons
Sydney, Nova Scotia
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