"Adrian Stott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : "Steve Haywood" : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : : : : No. Leave the gates open. You will be doing a kindness to other : boaters (and sticking in the eye those bureaucrats who want to : inconvenience boaters to convenience themselves). :
Adrian, As you know I fully support the idea of leaving gates open, but until that is the recognised way of doing things I think it's a bit irresponsible to advise a new to canals to act in this way. I can just imagine this poor chap moored at the pub when the boat that was following catches him up in a very irate mode -- Brian Ancient Order of Sewer Ants Visit this site and help save our waterways http://www.savethewaterways.org.uk/
