>you folks can discuss the finer points till the cows come home but >would be nice if "when in the Roman " Road Region (London) you just >lower the paddles & leave the gates as the rest of us do in this Region > >> Some people seem to believe that the "officially correct" thing to > >> do is to > >> leave a lock with all gates & paddles closed. Others ackniowledge > >> that that's the official view but think it's a daft one. Personally > >> I believe the official policy is better phrased as "leave the gates > >> open in you're on > >> a canal, close them if you're on a river". > > > > Didn't you mean that the other way round? > > open on a river, closed on a canal....... > >Oops! Yes, of course I do. I hadn't had breakfast when I wrote that. > >Mike Stevens >narrowboat Felis Catus III >web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk > >Defend the waterways. >Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk > >
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