Bagpuss

That sounds like quite a vile sandwich! I'll be eating cheese and drinking cider in cheddar on Saturday so won't be able to help unfortunately (or fortunately considering the cake and bacon sandwich)

seconded... oops love Smelly (although I'll bet Bp will third it for the sake of a peaceful life)

Errr... no.

It is not always clear when a person is disabled enough to claim DLA/Incapacity Benefit. I am disabled enough that I could have claimed both. I chose not to but that is beside the point. The point I am trying to make is that, had I claimed, I would probably have had curtain twitching types calling me a benefits cheat and the like as my disability is not 'visible'. Make sure you know the full situation before you make judgements.

I don't think in such circumstances living in a motorhome can be equated with living on a boat. it is far cheaper and easier to remove a vehicle from the road (for example to a friends drive, farmers field, common ground etc) than it is to remove a boat from the water until the monies have been raised. Also the vehicle is still habitable for this period of time, a boat out of water becomes an extremely dangerous place to enter/exit. When a home owner suddenly becomes unemployed, for a certain period of time the state will help with mortgage payments. It's been a long time since I worked for the benefits service so I can't remember the exact circumstances but the precedent has been established. Why should a boat owner not qualify for help also?

Worked for me...

The norty step is atop Sarahb's boat in Barrow upon Soar, I know it coz I Soar it yesterday. On an entirely different note, it seems circuits are being modified without creedence to people suddenly accepting they were wrong which sticks in one's craw slightly... Despite not having done the alt' surgery yet' having paralleled my alts, with some means of switching it off has meant that I've halved my charge time and there's still loadsa water in all my batteries Even the dino's are smiling!

Unfortunately we have jobs....

My sister told me that when she was around 12, she and some of her friends were 'hanging around' on the towpath by the north portal of Wast Hills tunnel. They saw a boat just exiting the tunnel then heard a crashing sound and the boat vanished.

We are here! Lots of boats here too (presumably most are for the national) None we recognize tho If any other cwdf boats are around, say hello to the purple boat with the kitten bouncing on the back deck!

Currently at Alrewas, cooking potato gratin and tatty salad in preparation for a barbeque Hoping to hit luff late Thursday/early Friday, Cats willing. Edited to remove rogue comma.

The right to allocate and charge moorings arises in common law, much as the right to rent out premises does. It's not a legislative issue so whether to allocate a spot and whether to provide it to red, green, blue or even purple (or aubergine) boats is a matter of contract, should the lessor agree to enter into one in the first place. I'm not going to google it (I don't need to, it's in common law) but there is, in the 68 Transport Act, license for BW to lay on and/or maintain whatever facilities they so choose I'd imagine that was intended to codify the common law aspect. I must remember to log out... Love smelly, who likes kittens as well

You only need to complete a form for a WFP if for some obscure reason such as your being out of the country into September of your 60th year or the Pensions Service/JC+ believing you are dead, otherwise they're automatic. There is no address requirement for most benefits. The catch is that you often will be required to provide information after the initial claim is complete and they need somewhere to write to. You can claim Pension Credit online or by telephone call using post restante to receive initial correspondence. In practice we all need somewhere to receive letters and I don't know many who don't The only evidential requirements for means tested such as Pension Credit are income, capital, ID and NINo (or sufficient information for one to be allocated).

But pink stripes would look good on you!