On Monday, July 23, 2007 11:01 PM [GMT+1=CET], Vernon2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mike Stevens asked about Stoke Bruerne. > > It opened on Sunday. Thanks, Vernon. > Sluices at Cosgrove were opened fully to release the flood waters > into the MK pound and thence to the Great Ouse. I guess a fair bit of the water went over the side of the aqueduct - must have been quite a sight! > It is suggested that the reason for the level in the Cosgrove to SB > pound being down 2ft this morning might have been due to the sluices > being left open long after the flood had subsided to normal levels. Ah, yes, "Emergency over, let's go home" rather than "Emergency over, let's set everything back to normal". But I'm not blaming anybody for a very human failing among folk who must have worked extremely hard for intolerably long hours for several days. Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk Defend the waterways. Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk
