On 3 Oct 2008, at 16:20, David Cragg wrote: > What I liked is that the ex BW manager who sold the metal bollards > to BW complained when he tripped over a wooden one that, one > presumes, he had not sold them. And the region this bollard lived > in - with many other newly installed wooden ones ones was that > which he had managed - complete with its BW yard right by Stewponey > lock. So why did they (at Fazeley) not buy the metal bollards? > Maybe they were trying to save money. One wonders what the exact > breakdown in costs per bollard were - metal or wood. > > >> British Waterways wasted �1.75m on narrow lock bollards backed by >> suspect risk assessment > > > Incidently many of the bollards we have seen near the top gate > could hang boats on the cill if they used them - others look like > an ill match group of houses for Smerfs and (laugh if you will) at > one lock that had two old wooden bollards in perfect condition they > have added three odd metal type ones to completely ruin the > ambience. Is there no artistic beauty in BW? > I was told the other day (by a BW employee famous for his sense of humour) that the West Mids ones are wooden because that's what was originally installed in the BCN. –– All the best
Bruce There are no strangers on the cut, only boaters we've yet to meet. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
