From the BW mailing...

The following canals are temporarily closing to navigation, or have
restricted operating times until water levels recover:

* Ashton Canal– open but at risk of closure in near future
* Caldon Canal – Hazelhurst Flight currently closed, whole canal to
close from 8 August
* Chesterfield Canal – to be closed from 12 August from Lock 41A to
Norwood Tunnel East Portal
* Coventry Canal – closed from Locks 1 – 5 from 12 August
* Grand Union Canal Leicester Line – restrictions at Watford and Foxton
from 8 August
* Huddersfield Narrow Canal – closed
* Leeds & Liverpool Canal – closed from Locks 30 to 85
* Leeds & Liverpool Canal Leigh Branch – restrictions in place for
booked passage two days a week
* North Oxford Canal – restrictions at Hillmorton from 12 August
* Peak Forest & Macclesfield Canals – Marple and Bosley lock flights
closed
* Canal – closed from Locks 1 - 45 (pre booked passages to be honoured)
* South Oxford – restrictions at Claydon from 8 August and
Napton/Marston Doles from 15 August
* Trent & Mersey Canal – currently closed from Locks 41 – 71.
Restrictions in place across summit and Stoke Flight until 7 August.
Closed from Locks 29 to 40 from 8 August, with summit and Harecastle
Tunnel remaining open

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Martin Nicholas.

E-mail: reply-202208@mgn.org.uk (Address will be valid throughout
August).

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On 05/08/2022 17:24, Martin Nicholas wrote:
> From the BW mailing...
<snip long list of closures>
>
Time to start polishing cars and painting things, then.

Or speak to the Government about appointing a Minister for Drought,
after all, it worked last time...

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Tciao for Now!

John.

An amendment to the above:

We'd like to confirm that Atherstone Locks will remain open for
navigation after 12th August. This is just a restriction on navigation
times, and not a closure, as mistakenly listed in our water resources
email sent on Friday 5th August.

We apologise for this error and any confusion caused, Thank you for
your patience and help in managing our water resources, which is making
a big difference in keeping most of our network open.

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Martin Nicholas.

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August).

The only thing necessary for the triumph of bullshit is that good folks
say nothing.

On 05/08/2022 17:43, John Williamson wrote:
> On 05/08/2022 17:24, Martin Nicholas wrote:
>> From the BW mailing...
> <snip long list of closures>
>>
> Time to start polishing cars and painting things, then.
>
> Or speak to the Government about appointing a Minister for Drought,
> after all, it worked last time...

How did it work? Did it start raining?

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On Sun, 7 Aug 2022 15:04:02 +0100
Mike Perkins <spam@spam.com> wrote:

> On 05/08/2022 17:43, John Williamson wrote:
> > On 05/08/2022 17:24, Martin Nicholas wrote:
> >> From the BW mailing...
> > <snip long list of closures>
> >>
> > Time to start polishing cars and painting things, then.
> >
> > Or speak to the Government about appointing a Minister for Drought,
> > after all, it worked last time...
>
> How did it work? Did it start raining?
>
>
>

Basically it did:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Howell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_British_Isles_heat_wave

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Martin Nicholas.

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August).

Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it - Jonathan Swift
(1710)

On 07/08/2022 15:04, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 05/08/2022 17:43, John Williamson wrote:
>> On 05/08/2022 17:24, Martin Nicholas wrote:
>>> From the BW mailing...
>> <snip long list of closures>
>>>
>> Time to start polishing cars and painting things, then.
>>
>> Or speak to the Government about appointing a Minister for Drought,
>> after all, it worked last time...
>
> How did it work? Did it start raining?
>
>
Yes, about a month after he was appointed, if I remembere correctly.

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Tciao for Now!

John.

On 07/08/2022 17:24, John Williamson wrote:
> Yes, about a month after he was appointed, if I remembere correctly.

Didn't he have a series of similar appointments like Minister for
Plagues of Frogs"?

Kennet and Avon Lock 51 (Wootton) to Lock 60 (Crofton Lock)

From Date: 07/08/2022 00:00
To Date: On-going

Type: Navigation Closure

Reason: Water resources

Starts at: Lock 51, Wootton Rivers

Ends at: Lock 60, Crofton Lock
Description

Please be advised that due to continuing water resource issues, Locks
51 through to 60 will remain closed. Our teams will be monitoring the
situation throughout the day and an update will be provided on the
morning of Monday 8th August

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Martin Nicholas.

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August).

The Usenet: Proof that social media didn't just begin in 2006.

In article <20220807161339.2f58a265@dsklinux.lan>, Martin Nicholas
<reply-2022@mgn.org.uk> on Sun, 7 Aug 2022 at 16:13:39 awoke Nicholas
from his slumbers and wrote
>On Sun, 7 Aug 2022 15:04:02 +0100
>Mike Perkins <spam@spam.com> wrote:
>
>> On 05/08/2022 17:43, John Williamson wrote:
>> > On 05/08/2022 17:24, Martin Nicholas wrote:
>> >> From the BW mailing...
>> > <snip long list of closures>
>> >>
>> > Time to start polishing cars and painting things, then.
>> >
>> > Or speak to the Government about appointing a Minister for Drought,
>> > after all, it worked last time...
>>
>> How did it work? Did it start raining?
>>
>>
>>
>
>Basically it did:
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Howell
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_British_Isles_heat_wave
>
Nice touch was the order from No 10 to do a rain dance. He revealed that
he did his bit by sharing a bath with his wife. At the time I remember
thinking "doesn't everyone". When I was a kid we did share the bath, at
the same time, until modesty took over.

I tried very hard to be in and out of the bath before my cvffvat sibling
got in. (Only joking).

Reminds me about the group of women complaining, to each other, that
their husbands cvff in the shower. One woman demurred and called her
husband, "Joe, you don't cvff in the shower do you?"

He replied, "Doesn't everyone when they have a fuvg."

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"Où sont les neiges d'antan?"

On 05/08/2022 17:24, Martin Nicholas wrote:
> * Peak Forest & Macclesfield Canals – Marple and Bosley lock flights
> closed
> * Canal – closed from Locks 1 - 45 (pre booked passages to be honoured)
> * South Oxford – restrictions at Claydon from 8 August and
> Napton/Marston Doles from 15 August

Thanks for passing that on. Is the missing name the Rochdale? The Shropshire
Union would also fit alphabetically, but the Rochdale seems more likely.

There is now a dedicated page:
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/specialist-teams/managing-our-water/drought/water-savings-restrictions

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Regards,

Martin Nicholas.

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August).

A slogan-free post for a change.

picture from the BBC

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