On 26 Feb 2009, at 15:18, dvdobbin wrote:
> Perhaps Essex Waterways Ltd would like to set up a hotline too?
>
> Nah! The management and we volunteers know where the trolleys are
> likely to be - outside Tesco at Maldon or near Tesco Express on the
> Trading Estate - and the odd trip down there by boat or car only
> takes about a ½-hour. Netto (Heybridge) seem to have controls in
> place and their trolleys don't go astray. And we get a useful sum
> for recovering them, apparently - and, no, we don't recover them
> before they get lost!.
In IWA Head Office Bulletin today:
> IWAs subsidiary management company Essex Waterways has resolved
> this problem on the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation following
> pressure on Tesco. The company has now employed a sub contractor to
> remove trolleys from watercourses close to a number of its stores,
> and this sub-contractor in turn now pays Essex Waterways Ltd a
> fixed monthly fee for keeping the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation
> clear of Tesco trolleys. The arrangement seems to suit all parties,
> covers our costs and keeps the waterway clear.
All the best
Bruce
There are no strangers on the cut, only boaters we've yet to meet.
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