If anything, it looks even worse from that side. Canal and River Trust (CRT) have decided they need a crane to lift the tree. I guess slicing it up would be difficult anyway, but might also destabilise the bank if the roots fall further. Another boater came to offer help lifting the tandem through – boat folks are nice like that! We told him we were also on a boat wanting to come through. He was heading for Bollington – a few miles (and no locks) from Marple. That should normally take him a day, now more like a week. He told us that the CRT estimates for the fix ranged from 2 days to 2 weeks.