I thought canal boating was a genteel leisure activity, it seems not!

[ProDave]

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It looks to me like they are setting up a temporary dam across the canal. That would allow them to re water a large chunk of the 1 mile long dry section and recover most of the stranded boats. That would just leave the 2 down in the hole, and the one on the edge.

Seems like quick work to me.

I have just been hearing from someone downstream of the breach. They and others have reported to towpath where it has collapsed as being waterlogged for some time, but each time it was checked by CRT it was declared okay. They normally have flow passing their garden, but now with no feed from upstream, the water levels are very low, probably too low for navigation.

 

[penberth3]

....It looks to me like they are setting up a temporary dam across the canal. That would allow them to re water a large chunk of the 1 mile long dry section and recover most of the stranded boats. That would just leave the 2 down in the hole, and the one on the edge.

Seems like quick work to me....

Agreed. The CRT gets a lot of bad press, basically because it has no money. I don't think anyone can criticise the response here.

 

[xyachtdave]

Plus the owner kept rabbits onboard that lived on banana’s…..

And was fond of whistling

 

[Frogmogman]

For those doubting the recent superstitions thread - the BBC reported that the centre barge is green

…it had been re-named Albatross and had set sail on a Friday.

 

[Halo]

I feel sorry for the engineer in charge of the canal. I bet they were all lined up for a nice Xmas and are now working flat out!

 

[rotrax]

The good news is that the Italian Job 'teetering on the brink' boat has been winched forward and the canal has had coffer dams installed either side of the breach and is SLOWLY being re-watered. Slowly so as not to sink boats that have settled at an angle.not new by any means.

Large and damaging Canal breaches are not new by any means. The Churchyard and graves at Weedon Beck was washed out by such a breach in the 19th century, bones, rotted caskets and other graveyard debris washed down the village.

 

[ProDave]

Good news, so it will only be the 2 in the pit that need craning and may well have suffered damage.

Any pictures of the work or a link to where there might be e.g someones FB page?

 

[rotrax]

Good news, so it will only be the 2 in the pit that need craning and may well have suffered damage.

Any pictures of the work or a link to where there might be e.g someones FB page?

The 'Friendly Narrowboat Group' FB page has some good pics.

 

[lustyd]

It’s only a matter of time before this happens at Crinan, their leaky edges are well documented and a good storm could blow them out. They closed some of the footpath when we last went through, just in case.

 

[Ribtecer]

Any pictures of the work or a link to where there might be e.g someones FB page?

There's loads here:

 

[ProDave]

Good discussion more pics and videos on CanalWorld Major breach at Whitchurch on Llangollen

 

[dunedin]

One boat on the edge of the hole winched clear to safety - and some information about proposed temporary dam Boat stranded on edge of giant hole in Whitchurch canal pulled to safety

 

[penberth3]

One boat on the edge of the hole winched clear to safety - and some information about proposed temporary dam Boat stranded on edge of giant hole in Whitchurch canal pulled to safety

Oh dear, the media again. "All our possessions are on the boat". Yes, and there is no problem with the boat or the possessions. It's been winched away from the hole, it's accessible, it could even be lived on now. The owners of the two boats in the hole are the ones in trouble.

 

[C08]

I have rarely been on canals but the locks look to be hard work, I think some have chains of locks ,up to 30 in succession look a real pain especially if the canal is busy. I am not sure I could take to it.

 

[lustyd]

We did Crinan this year and by lock three we were in the groove and its was pretty easy. The first did feel like hard work though

 

[ylop]

I have rarely been on canals but the locks look to be hard work, I think some have chains of locks ,up to 30 in succession look a real pain especially if the canal is busy. I am not sure I could take to it.

That’s actually what some people like. If you want to get from a to b quickly it’s probably not the answer but at 4 mph it’s actually quite relaxing in between the locks.

 

[penberth3]

That’s actually what some people like. If you want to get from a to b quickly it’s probably not the answer but at 4 mph it’s actually quite relaxing in between the locks.

Are locks the only situation where going downhill needs the same effort as going uphill?