British Waterways recently sent round a circular email advertising their winter moorings, with the advice that boaters, if unable to move due to the canal being frozen, would have to ask their local patrol officer for permission to remain.
This prompted a FoI request regarding the numbers of craft with icebreaking capabilities in BW’s possession, and the number of hours for which they were deployed in this capacity during the winter of 2010-2011
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