--- In [email protected], "Neil Arlidge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Martin Clark wrote: > > Andrew Instone-Cowie wrote... > >> Martin Clark wrote: > >>> Andrew J Instone-Cowie wrote... > >>>> If the main concerns over unescorted passage are over access to > >>>> the live rail tunnels, could these not be gated to prevent access > >>>> from the canal tunnel? > >>> > >>> The adits through to the disused tunnels are an escape route, and I > >>> presume they form the same function as an evacuation route from the > >>> live rail tunnel, so any gates must be openable in an emergency, > >>> which could lead to non-emergency abuse. > >>> > >>>> I gather there have been a couple of unescorted (and completely > >>>> unauthorized) boat passages through Standedge recently ;-) > >>> > >>> Only one that I have heard of! > >> > >> One last year: > >> http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=13604 > >> > >> Another last week: > >> http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=28641 > >> > > Didn't know about last week. > > Keep up at the back there Martin! > I reported it on uk.rec earlier. > > -- > Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest - Shannon Reg 7410 > Read about the TNC Irish travels at: > http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Tour_07/index.html >
This is brilliant news, it actually makes the tunnel usable to GRP and wooden boats that would get significantly damaged by contact with the tunnel walls under the current system.
