You wouldn’t think that there is a tide on the canal, well there isn’t
really but the water is not only controlled by a weir system but also by 'let'
off paddles that are situated along the canal in strategic positions, usually
found above a brook, stream or a river, what is supposed to happen is that the
weirs should cope with the excess water and they usually do, in times when we
have heavy rain fall then a BW operative, opps sorry a Cart operative, should
lift the paddle and let some water off, they do this often and forget the
paddles are up, consequently they run too much water off and the level of the
canal drops alarmingly, but if we have heavy rain fall over night then the
paddles don’t get lifted until the morning, subsequently the levels rise and it
looks like the tide has come in, we tied a boat up yesterday tight on the wharf
and this morning it was listing quite a lot, enough to worry me, I took a look
and all was fine.
We have done much better with the weather today, light showers, except for
now and it is again throwing it down! Been a manic day today, boat moving,
docking, paperwork, emails, and I don’t know where the day has gone.
Until tomorrow
Simon
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