On 9 Nov 2007, at 12:43, Will Chapman wrote: > Judy Voets wrote: >> "ow Do Will ... When I lifted a gate on the Kennet and Avon >> We phoned BW and the crew showed up in less then a hour and it only >> took them about 45 minutes to set it right. At least that's my >> recollection. Judy thinks it was about 90 minutes. Maybe Andy >> Greener has a better memory than us ;-} >> Andy ... what do you think ... >> > > 'lo Stan (and Judy) > > Did that occur before the Defra cuts? I imagine that the response > time has suffered since the cuts (but have no evidence to confirm > that is true).
In August of this year we were followed up the Devizes flight on the K&A by two crews [of Americans...] who lifted a gate off Lock 27 at about 7pm one evening. BW had it back in place by lunchtime the next day. In the same week they'd fished a sunken hire boat out of Lock 13 on the Bath Flight, not an easy place to get a crane to, in about 24 hrs. However, the bankside vegetation tells us where the cuts are biting. Baz
