On 8/23/2010 9:23 AM, Steve Wood wrote:
> I brought Bream down into Froghall Basin yesterday, to find it deserted
> (a few photos at
> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=212850&id=508807470&l=0cf94048a2.)
> It's obvious that almost no-one is using the basin and (with my Caldon&
> Uttoxeter Canals Trust hat on) I'm curious to get people's views about
> why they don't use this stunningly beautiful location. Clearly the
> Tunnel is an issue, but even people who get through the tunnel tend to
> wind above the lock and don't drop into the basin.
>
> CUCT and BW recently met on site and are jointly going to do work to
> remove the weed that has grown due to the lack of use and also tidy up
> the pedestrian areas around the basin but is there anything else we
> should be thinking about to tempt you to stay here? The relevant point
> here is that more boat movements would help slow the growth of weeds
> which are flourishing in the still clear water.
>
Its a real shame its a lovely basin. Its nearly a year since we were
there, we left the boat there for a week but it is only 48hr mooring
which I can understand if it was busy. What actually needs sorting out
is the pinch point at the Hollybush, where they have built a new woodern
towpath under the railway bridge and got the alignment well wrong. I
typical case of BW shooting them selves in the foot. I bet it has still
not been fixed even though they had to come and tow use through last
time, in both directions.
The tunnel is the tunnel if we get to Uttoxeter then its may be worth
while sorting it out otherwise we live with it.
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cheers Ian Mac
