Monday, 14 June 2021

 Cruised to Hemel Hempstead today, Jesus Christ, what a diabolical mess the south east canal system is. Lock gates rotten and vegetation completely hiding some of the gates. One lock had only one paddle working out of four. 3 lots of paddle gear had been completely removed. 

The CRT management for the area are either completely ignorant, or are simply just vandals in suits. They need locking up.

Getting onto a lock landing can be a bit ambitious, with 2-3ft of stinging nettles hiding the bank itself, and then shallow as f#&@ because it’s not being maintained at all. 

CRT regard spending money as evidence that they are doing something. They don’t factor in value for money. They would say ‘We spent £10 million on dredging last year’ and expect that to give them Brownie points without mentioning that only a mile was dredged.










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