New Look Website and Blog

I’ve updated the formatting of the Website and Blog today.

The content is the largely the same, with a few minor updates, but it’s been reorganised into six distinct categories, each with its own colour theme (or color as the web calls it).

It’s all been tested with IE7, IE6 and Firefox and, after a considerable effort, it now looks (almost) the same in each of them.

I’d be very pleased if you could spend a few minutes browsing around the web site and seeing how it feels and works for you - then leave me a comment to say it works OK, or what didn’t.

I’d like comments on the general look and feel of the site, as well as anything detailed like broken links.

So, thanks for your help - happy browsing.

Posted on Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 16:55
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BW advise of canal closure 32 hours late

Visiting our boat in Birmingham I tried to walk along the towpath from Gas Street Basin to our home moorings at Sherborne Wharf.

As I approached the canal there were police everywhere and I wondered what was going on.  I started to walk along the right hand towpath but that was closed with barriers and police on duty.

I had to retrace my steps and cross the bridge to walk along the left hand towpath where I could look across and see all the police standing there.

Between the Mailbox and Gas Street Basin the canal was closed with a floating boom across the canal, the sort that’s usually found to protect weirs.

The there was a boat from Dorset Police with divers checking the canal and quite a row of spectators watching from the bank.

Then at Old Turn Junction there was another floating barrier across the canal stopping boats entering the stretch towards the Mailbox.

I still didn’t know what was going on, although by then I had discovered that many of the local roads were closed too and had been for some time.

Then I got an email from the BW stoppages service sent at 14:16 on 29 February which said the canal and one towpath would be closed from 06:00 on 28 February to 16:00 on 2 March for the Labour Party conference.  An event like this must have been planned in detail many months in advance so I’m disappointed the BW notice was 32 hours late instead of weeks in advance.

Posted on Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 10:36
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