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If they bothered to read your posts, possibly 🙂 . I must admit to skipping over them.

Not bored, just reading to find out what members with a lot more information on the subject of the legalities of canal law than me have to say but their pearls of wisdom are being somewhat swamped by your good self 🙂 .

I think it is more a monologue than "we're talking".

When we had a share in a boat it had a better equipped galley than I have at home! There seemed to be a need for casseroles of every size and pots and pans abundant. The owners did decide that certain items were left on board and we all just renewed them as required - loo rolls, washing up liquid etc but again we tended to end up with several brands of everything as folk had their favourites. Having a share suited us when we were both working but it is, as others have said, nice to be able to leave your stuff on board and know it will be there when you go back. Also, we know that all the scrapes on our boat were put on by us and not by another owner who had a more cavalier attitude to care of the boat.

I think if someone had entered an agreement with me and others and was not meeting his obligations I would have no hesitation in seeking the support of other owners , especially if I was affected financially Perhaps not so easy to do with friends and family though.

I can understand a bit why you responded as you did as you seem to have had a pretty rough deal. In recent years when most shared boats are managed by a company I think things like this are not allowed to happen . The share agreement is all important.

What a sad post from someone who has never owned up to sharing a boat.

Some may and some may not. When we shared a boat, the "minutes" tended to be a list of what was to be done and who would do it. We started off with OwnerShips then left them and did our own management. but that involved having owners happy to take on taks like secretary, treasurer and maintenance person.

When we bought Kelpie from Ken (in Canada) we looked over the boat, I phoned Ken and made an offer which he accepted and said the boat is yours, off you go. We set off the next morning having paid nothing for the boat. This was before smart phones and internet connections in boats so for the next few nights we used pub WiFis and transferred as much as our account allowed in a day. We did know Ken, though and we still exchange Christmas cards. We didn't bother with a survey but Ken had had one done a few months previously and he emailed it to me. A painless purchase!

I must admit that we were not impressed with Le Tonkinois when we used it on gamebird.

There is or was a good pub/restaurant up the hill in Barlaston. Cross the railway line and walk up the hill and turn left. It is a few years since we have been but remember it being good.

Much the same here. When I wanted a fitted carpet in my caravan I went to a carpet warehouse, got an oddment which was big enough and one of the carpet fitters who advertise there was happy to fit it.

ABC have several hire bases on the Llangollen so might be worth contacting

The NHS has learned from those days though and when I have had blood transfusions recently the history of the blood and the checking before the transfusion make it safe, fortunately.

I had a smile when you said you no longer fit in the engine hole. When Iain was replacing kelpies engine mounts about 18 months ago he declined lunch as he said if he ate anything he couldn't bend down far enough in the afternoon. 😀

The last time we went through Grindley I met a young male (late teens ?) At the services and when I spoke I realised he was deaf and perhaps had learning difficulties but he was happy having a job cleaning the services. I wonder if it was the same guy who offered the phone cable.

Same here! Although Danny who runs it now was there then too. We pass there quite often and exchange greetings. If Margaret is on board their boat when we pass we stop for a chat but she is often away visiting family etc

And how much do you think it would cost to run the secretarial systems to get these members then charge them £1 a year ? Most/all of the organisations which represent boaters and fight on our behalf are run by volunteers but it still costs them to run the organisation.

I know nothing about this marina except where it is but in view of the difficulty you seem to be having getting a mooring, I would take it and then look around if it doesn't suit you. Not really surprising why park farm is full. It is miles cheaper than other marinas and with the uncertainty of licence etc costs, boaters are probably staying there rather than moving .

Yes, we go out boating but we don't give up our mooring as it will be needed when we come back

If you don't join or do your own research, you will never know what boating organisations are doing for boaters.

They have private moorings both sides of the marina (through the bridges) . Not sure how many but I think I saw on here that one was available recently.

The Black Prince base at Acton Bridge (on the canal) have several on line moorings and there is a car park where hirers leave their cars. Might be worth a call. Handy for the Leigh Arms 🙂

It's a popular place! probably because of the price as not all boaters want/need lots of facilities and tea rooms etc. Did you suggest to Dave that if a longer mooring becomes vacant before you need it, you will take it and pay for it being empty till your boat is ready?

No we are only a tiddly 57 feet 🙂 . We moor in "fat boat land" but I don't think there are any 58 feet+ pontoons there.