Letters
Don’t flush anti-freeze into the canal
26 January 2012
READING the tips on winterising your boat (RYA Spotlight, Issue 74, December) I am concerned that the statement regarding putting anti-freeze into an engine with a raw water cooling system, then running the engine, would simply put anti-freeze into the canal.
Are fuel economy claims justified?
26 January 2012.
THERE is a letter in from Ian G Butterfield (Talkback, Issue 75, January) claiming amazing improvements in fuel economy as well as massive reductions in harmful emissions.
Taking Olympic security a step too far
8 December 2011.
BRITISH Waterways, which runs London’s canals, has announced that it plans to shut a key lock at Commercial Road on the Regents Canal, some 1.75 miles from the Olympic site, during the Olympic Games period on security grounds.
Access to waste facilities
24 November 2011.
I READ with interest the article regarding access to waste facilities at Sawley Marina (Talkback, Issue 72, October).
Drawing attention to ropes
24 November 2011.
WHEN visiting the riverside on many occasions here in York, I have been amazed at the number of boats using high-visibility ropes these days when mooring.
As big as the Ritz
28 October 2011.
I CAN barely believe that Duane Ager (clearly a new reader) thought that the Old Bilge Pump’s article was pro-dog poo! (Talkback, Issue 72, October).
Not here for the beer
28 October 2011.
ON OUR continuing exploration of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal we walked from Colne to Salterforth and planned to eat at the Anchor Inn.
It’s not acceptable to leave dog poo
29 September 2011.
I WOULD like to complain in the strongest terms about your article Towpath foulers: Who let the dogs out (Old Bilge Pump, Issue 71, September). The author correctly opens the article accepting that there is a problem of dog fouling. He then states that his dog is not the culprit.
Second sluice gate failure at Dutton Lock
29 September 2011.
THE sluice gate failed at Dutton Lock, draining the Weaver between Dutton and Saltisford, in October 2010, causing a great deal of damage, inconvenience and expense.
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