On 27/08/2010 21:21, rb999sb wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Adrian Stott<re...@...> wrote: >> On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:47:33 +0100, Bruce Napier >> <br...@...> wrote: >> >>> 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 >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 Exactly what I thought, Sue, when we were on the Trent recently. Two more sani-stations closed ufn according to BW laminated, [semi]-permanent looking notices, in addition to the closed one at Newark Town Lock. --
WBW John www.nbepiphany.co.uk <http://www.nbepiphany.co.uk> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
