Alan de Enfield

But the false assumption is that everyone is on farcebook

Not really much to go on, sorta like saying "I'm thinking about buying this car and the tyres are all OK" Manufacturer ? (Was it manufactured by Calcutt, or is it one of their ex-hire boats ?) Boat condition ? What electrics, toilet, waste tank etc does it have ? Solar panels ? BSS ? Pictures ? Layout ? Stern type (cruiser / trad / semi trad)

Presumably you will still have the £10,000-£15,000 per annum rent to pay ? Personally I'm not sure that the mooring adds anything to the purchase price of the boat - unless there are no other residential moorings to be found in the area you want to be in. If you can find an alternative mooring then you just take your (any) boat and pay the annual rent - you don't have to pay a premium to 'move in' If the price of the boat you are looking at is above the market rate, for that type of boat I'd be hesitant about paying for something that actually has little value - UNLESS you really, really want to be in that area and there are no other moorings available within a reasonable distance - in which case only you can decide what premium is acceptable to you. Presumably the seller of the boat will get this extra 'mark up' - why should he ?

As usual, with the press, the article is incorrect, but, if it is correct then Ms White doesn't understand that she is not being evicted from her boat, her boat is being evicted from its mooring (she can stay with it) ! "White is worried that she faces eviction from her home of four years, and blames the decision on class."

Nope, they had their own 'toilet cabin' and we were living on site.

When we had our house built for us I actually commented to SWMBO - "do you realise this is the 1st house that we have had where nobody else has used the toilets" !

I did a search & found the same - it is actually an NVQ day release course 1 day per week. SWMBO wwas an NVQ assessor in North Wales (when we lived there) and basically views NVQ as a bit of a joke - if you can write your name on the paperwork you get level 1. Level 5 is viewed as equivalent to an HND or a Foundation Degree There is no way that a level 3 would be accepted as a suitable qualification for entry into a professional institute.

I wouldn't want that on my CV. It's an amazing coincidence (or maybe not) that Liverpool boats closed down as the automotive industry finally moved away from steel wheels & 'hub-caps' to alloy wheels - you'd have thought they'd have started to produce 'alloy' boats ! (Maybe the locking wheel-nuts were too difficult for the scallies to unlock !)

Our local village garage sells "red" but it us only a few pennies less than white. Pull in and fill your cans, and, as far as I have seen no paperwork. There are even stringent rules about when 'agricultural' users can use "red" and, farmers have to be registered with a fuel supplier to get "red".

Which it is as it should be - presumably you have a registered address with C&RT / your bank / Doctor etc (which may be a relative or friend). C&RT would just pass those details onto "anyone who has a need to know"

Don't forget that when you signed for your licence you authorised C&RT to provide your personal details to anyone they feel has a need to know. Presumably you have contacts that C&RT use for your licence etc

Those are commonly referred to documents. I had similar problems on the river Trent where C&RTs own dredging standards book shows that Meadow Lane to Cromwell lock will be dedged to 2.0mts (6' 6") and Cromwell Lock to Gainsborough dredged to 1.8mts (6') I draw ~5' 6" and often 'hit the bottom'. Try asking C&RT for their "MOC, Dimensions, Navigation Channel Maintenance Standards"