'We're marooned': The boaters left high and dry in sub-zero conditions after dramatic canal collapse
manchestereveningnews.co.ukAngela Barlow is making a cup of coffee and a bacon sandwich. But when your barge is listing at a near 45 degree angle, even this simple task is difficult.
The 60ft widebeam boat Angela calls home has been left high and dry after flood water caused the dramatic collapse of the Bridgewater Canal on New Year's Day.
Her's is one of 27 barges now stuck in the mud near the Ye Olde No.3 pub in Little Bollington near Altrincham. And as she props the kettle up against a pile of plates to stop it sliding off the hob onto the floor, the 58-year-old, who shares her barge with six miniature schnauzer puppies, says living on a tilt is a disconcerting experience. "It hurts the ankles," she said. "I get pains shooting up my hip." Her friend, neighbour and fellow house boater Michelle Marmion, 61, agrees. "We're marooned," she said. "I literally fell out of bed the other night.
You get up every morning worrying how much more [the boat] has moved. "Everything that can go wrong has gone wrong all at once.
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