Kessy

Hehe, now thats makes a lot of sense ! Forgot to add that 2 weeks after this, said boater went past Lea Valley Marina creating a wash that Beckham would of been proud of. Probably the kind of guy who parks in disabled bays at supermarkets without a blue badge....that is my number 1 pet hate in the world ever !

I had a rather bizarre event last year on the Stort. I had just taken a few friends on a short trip to Roydon Mill and on the way back there was 3-4 boats waiting for the lock leading to the Lea. Behind me was a guy, 60'ish, in a new Cruiser. Having entered my Boat in the lock ( going down ), the above idiot decided to help speed things up. He proceeded to tie my Stern and Bow lines to the Bollards...i have a widebeam so there was no need for this. The thing that really concerned me was when i asked him what was going to occur when the front paddles were opened and the water level dropped leaving my Boat hanging. Try as i may he just could not grasp what i was trying to convey. He also could not accept that i could control the position of my Boat in the lock using the gears ! Ended up with me telling him to go hither.....immediately I am amazed people like this can even manage to tie their shoelaces, let alone Boats.

Lovely story of camaraderie. I was saying the same thing this past Sunday whilst spending 2hrs helping someone fish their car and house keys out. If you car breaks down every bugger will drive straight past. If your boat does the same then chances are the first one along will stop and help. When i think about it, it is that fantastic spirit which really sold living on the cut for me.

Thanks for the heads up...now that has to be worth a thread of it's own i reckon ! Out of curiosity i have been on their site and tried a few permutations of ticket availability and number etc and from what i can gather they have pretty much empty boats right the way through. Got to say it serves the greedy buggers right, maybe if they had kept the tickets costs sensibly priced then they wouldn't be looking at making a horrendous loss.