You could not make it up!

PEOPLE at Canal & River Trust (CaRT) may have difficulty with the difference between ‘open' and ‘closed' when it comes to the Ribble Link (Lancaster Canal running dry), writes Allan Richards.

However, it is good to know that they are on the ball when asked what uniform Enforcement Volunteers wear.

Rangers not enforcement

Asked to provide a photo of the uniform worn by Enforcement Volunteers, the Trust was quick to point out that they were not Enforcement Volunteers but Volunteer Mooring Rangers tasked to carry out boat sightings and being generally helpful/polite to boaters. Having explained this, they then provided a photo of a blue polo shirt ....

Whoops!

In the same Facebook Q & A session where Richard Parry told a boater, who had just had his Ribble Link booking cancelled, that it was open, one Michael Gaylor asked a question. ‘How do we persuade people it's CRT and not cart?'

Richard Parry gave the reply ‘It'd be great if everyone referred to us by the name that we at the Trust prefer to use, but I know we can't be too precocious. As long as people don't call us British Waterways!'