Adrian Stott wrote: > "Neil Arlidge" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Steve Haywood wrote: >>> I hear that work has started on Bosley locks, including >>> reinstatement of the side ponds. Are the landing stages to be >>> reintroduced too? Are the side ponds to be used? >>> >>> Steve >> >> I had heard that only one was to be resored to operational capability > > Which one? > > If it is any one other than the bottom lock one, all the in-flight > pounds below it will run short of water if it is used. > > But, if it is the bottom one, the pound above it will (subsequently) > simply overflow to waste if it is used. > > This seems barmy to me. > > BW has said several times that restoring and maintaining sidepounds is > uneconomic, as their (erroneous) use by inexperienced people (which > apparently is most boaters) generally results in *more* water being > used than if the sidepounds remained unusable. > > Adrian
Don't worry Adrian, it will be locked up to stop all us idiots using it. Only BW will be allowed access for "demonstation purposes". Neil Arlidge - Wildernii Mini Me Follow the travels of TNC, now in Ireland http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/tour.html
