THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) have quietly introduced a concept of ‘ghost moorers', and that is why Ralph Freeman and Tony Dunkley are being treated as 'continuous cruisers' rather than as boaters who have 'home moorings' writes Allan Richards.
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TO ENABLE Pillings Lock Marina to work with the cost of its Network Access Agreement (NAA) it has been forced to reduced its number of berths.
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A NUMBER of contributors have complained recently about being regarded and treated in the same way (that is, being sanctioned in various unwelcome ways by CART) as continuous cruisers, despite having a registered home mooring, writes Suzanne MacLeod.
WITH the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) becoming very difficult to navigate through so much rubbish tipped into the waterways, there had to be a big clean-up.
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I have no wish to be involved in adverse comments, or not, regarding Sally Ash and her departure.
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I met a different type of speed complainer last week on the Ashby Canal. He was walking slowly along, nearly twice the speed I was travelling, carrying a newspaper and smartly dressed.
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MY CONTACT in the hire boat business tells me that CaRT's panicky appeal for funds after the winter floods led to a 40% drop in bookings across the industry, which had been going quite well.
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Regarding Tie up and Shut up! Most of the anti social morons who shout, I wouldn't mind betting, are the same idiots who tie up with one rope bow and stern, and also the centre rope on the roof.
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I have been a lover of our inland waterways for over 40 years as an angler, hirer, boat builder, share boat manager and private owner and it saddens me that some of the pleasantness and courtesy that we would once offer each other without question and take for granted, seems to have been gradually evaporating over the last few years.
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