MartinC

Paul Widdowson?

Looks like an attempt to influence voting. Didn't work did it ?

Tax efficient if you sell it to your own pension fund, but can be doubtful if you sell it to a property company

Agreed. You also have to watch out for the Environment Agency. Locally moved the flood plane boundary to allow housing allocation. Fortunately there were photographs showing regular flooding.

It pays to use an Insurance Broker?

Only "if they can trace the driver" ? I wonder if CaRT have looked at the MIB Agreement about property damage caused by untraced drivers?

With all Calcutt locks closed at 3pm today, the Calcutt webcam might be interesting. However no night vision ?

Countryside Code was amended in 2023 to confirm that dog waste could be put in general waste bins, these are not sorted for recycling

When I last used the mooring at the museum I met one of the "organisers" of the residential moorings in the Basin. He said that they do temporary moorings when residents taken their boats "on holiday". Sorry I no longer have his mobile number but might be woirth checking.

The mention of "shopping around" is required under the rules of their regulator FCA

Although the "flow" is mentioned by several posters I am surprised that nobody has mentioned that it makes sense to give way, at bridges, to boats travelling with the flow, for obvious reasons

All the organisations so far mentioned are either brokers or agents. One of the most important factors is the strength and reputation of the actual insurer underwriting the risk but few seem to bother with that.