Leaky gates allow a pound to be drained

Published: Wednesday, 07 August 2024

I HAVE to disagree with some of your readers comments., writes Trevor Mapstone.

HattonEmptyOf course it is possible to drain a pound by leaving a gate open as with many locks leaking like sieves.

In torrents

The leaky gates that are left closed letting the water through in torrents. It requires both sets of gates to be closed.

I have a personal experience of seeing this many times on the Hatton Flight.

It is natural of CaRT to blame boaters for their own incompetence and lack of maintenance.

[The photograph shows the first pound of the Hatton Flight when we went down in the early morning.]