Bobbing Boat
@PKYo@poweredbygay.social
Liveaboard boater who visits rural inland dales and small towns of England and Wales on a steel narrowboat. Sometimes folks join me. I (he/him) microblog here about canal-boating life. #nobot
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Yes. Numerous locks are closed due to water shortages.
Last year CRT closed most of the Midlands with only a week notice. During that week, locks were restricted to a narrow band of hours. There was frantic #boating that week—at 3 miles per hour—as people got their boats to the right places for winter.
Last month, as water levels dropped, I could see it coming. I make a 150-mile detour around closed locks to reach the section that has my winter marina.
#CRT #stoppage #UK #drought