Amongst other things, I am a water bailiff for parts of the Mytchett Pound and Deepcut Flight of Locks on the Basingstoke Canal. I was thus quite surprised to see a report on uk.rec.waterways that someone had noticed an empty pound, from a passing train window. I contacted the Basingstoke Canal Authority who acknowledged that there were some low pounds 'around Brookwood and St. Johns.' The canal is short of water, and has been closed to navigation since May t...