Quoting Brian Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > "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
I'll budget in a few extra pints for our mistakes :) On a serious note (or now for something completely different) this has been a great help, all the varying opinions are good and logical. basically when in doubt shut it. > > -- > Brian Ancient Order of Sewer Ants > > Visit this site and help save our waterways > http://www.savethewaterways.org.uk/ > > >
