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Possibly, but not at Scottish Canals. That's a rebranded name for what is left of British Waterways after CRT were hived off.

Sounds a lot, but it's still cheaper than the Hilton 50 yards away that's around £200 a night!

That's exactly what the Waterways Chaplains do. All the ones I've met can't do enough to help people who might be struggling. Whether it's just someone to talk to or someone to help with things like benefit claims or dealing with CRT they should be considered as a first port of call. Add a bit: Unlike some of the other "support" organisations they aren't trying to score political points off CRT either.

You took her to Wigan and she came back for more?! Must like pies ...

Do all Aquavista sites have this setup? That's certainly how it works at the three I know well - White Bear, Galgate and Glasson - and you've just confirmed it's the same at Sawley.

Not many but one is enough! They do it fairly often, and it was about £100 last year. They tow you most of the way there or back against the current, you do the locks on the link itself under your own power and leave/meet them on the Ribble between Astland Lamp and Savick Brook. Alternatively Gary Lancaster will stick you on a trailer and take you by road instead. Tony Tugboat Andersen is great, but he's based in Milton Keynes and Gary is in Preston. Either is fine, but you'd probably need Tony to be in the area rather than pick a day that suits you.

Are you wanting to use the link regularly or just do a one way trip once? If it's going to be a regular thing I'd say upgrade it, if it's a one off either stick it on a trailer or book a tow from the boatyard. The existing one will be fine for the canals, but you probably already know that.

I think that's probably the critical thing here. The boat with the highest numbers is supposedly running electric heaters so can use all the solar it gets. @GUMPY is feeding a storage bank so can store all the solar he gets. Everyone else is probably in float mode, with the solar not producing much.

The first three options on the mooring list online are:

What's that got to do with boats? It's the international road transport regs!

Because they don't. BW and BWB before them did as a government department, CRT as a private company don't. After the Post Office fiasco I can't really see a current or near future government wanting to grant private prosecution powers to any more firms either. CRT could choose to enforce the byelaws, but then they'd get all the expenses but none of the fines ...

Why? The fixed work location isn't the issue, it's the boat not moving that's the problem. If you get a job in the middle of Birmingham or the middle of the Cheshire ring (when it's not broken!) you can easily extensively cruise while commuting to work, it's just you commute from a different place every time you move on. The guidelines suggest that wanting to be conveniently close to work or schools isn't a valid reason to not move the boat. They don't suggest that you can't have kids or a job, just that you can't stay in one location to do this.

https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/media/document/DJdPZ1nBR9un_Y87gOA-rQ/yXvC8xci0__iJ-T0XixW-p2Ocp8Bn_TPT2Egc9yhyic/aHR0cHM6Ly9jcnRwcm9kY21zdWtzMDEuYmxvYi5jb3JlLndpbmRvd3MubmV0L2RvY3VtZW50Lw/0189917d-2616-7c90-8a0a-f060f569a560.pdf Ugly link, but here you go.

Did you read this thread?