Email: The best thing

I can't help think that the best thing for boaters to do regarding lock gates is to leave them in the state stipulated by the relevant Navigation Authority!

By all means, let's discuss the pros and cons, but if everyone starts disregarding the rules, we're into the same territory as continuous moorers, lycra-lout towpath speed merchants on bikes and anglers casting lines wherever they please...

David Davis

[This seems a sensible suggestion, and a good one on which to close the subject, as all have had a chance to have their say.]