Email: Unable to moor

A new year, so perhaps after all the brickbats at doing nothing Canal & River Trust will do something about continuous moorers, now that at long last IWA has realised the problem.

My cruising this year spoiled by being unable to moor for shopping too often and when at night we find ourselves behind one of them with its engine going until late at night, as of course they don't care about the rules.

It was particularly bad on the Shroppie as time and time again the few moorings by the shops were taken up by empty boats that were obviously home to continuous cruisers out at work locally. As I was around Chester and Ellesmere Port areas for a month, the same boats were still there when I came back, though my photographs showed they had swapped about a bit', having obviously moved to their other 'home' then come back to their first 'home'.

I was pleased to read both CaRT and IWA using Victor's name for them, and he is to be congratulated on coming-up with the name 'continuous moorers', as there could not be better!

James Henry