--- In [email protected], Adrian Stott <re...@...> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:47:33 +0100, Bruce Napier
> <br...@...> wrote:
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> >The latest from BW:
> >
> >Begin forwarded message:
> >
> >> Bosley Services Pump Out
> >>
> >> Friday 27 August 2010 until further notice
> >>
> >> The pump out at Bosley Services has suffered major mechanical
> >> failure and parts cannot be obtained until after the Bank Holiday
> >> weekend.
> >>
> >> The nearest pump out to the South is at Red Bull, on the Trent &
> >> Mersey Canal.
> >> The nearest pump out to the North is at the junction of the Ashton
> >> Canal & Huddersfield Narrow Canal. (Not a BW site)
>
> Huh. When I was a lad ...
>
> On the Lee, last time I checked the pump-out in Limehouse basin, at
> the entrance to the Lee, is still working. However, that at
> Hazelmere Marina (Waltham) has been broken down for some time, and the
> sani station at Feilds Weir has been closed because BW says this will
> help get rid of towpath squatters in the vicinity (why doesn't it
> simply tow them away and close the navigation then?).
>
> Ah, customer service!
>
> Adrian
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> Adrian Stott
> Tel. UK (0)7956-299966
>
Finding working BW pump outs is a dying art. How much is being dumped in the
cut?
Sue
