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Everytime I come here the bloomin' format has changed.
No worries.
Rog
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Tranquil Rose used to be a regular visitor to the Saltisford Arm but can no longer pass through the Warwick Fly Boat bridge (below the lock) due the the bridge shifting.
It has been secured with steel supports but has restricted passage.
Rog
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I hope he is offered some suitable refuge ... I hope that's the kind of country and people we are.
George may not accept any offers ... some homeless street dwellers have and continue to decline such offers.
But I still hope the offers are available.
It's a very sad and unsatisfactory situation, but no one seems to be coming up with serious alternatives.
Rog
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Well he's lived in the L.A. area for over 10 years and is about to be made homeless.
I would hope they would be able to provide some refuge for the guy.
Rog
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Not been on the K&A since 2012 (and the guy was in dispute with C&RT then) so I have no axe to grind with him personally ... nor indeed am I greatly concerned as to whether the man is left unlicensed, unmoving and living in squalor or not.
If he is actually disabled , and unemployed I would hope the local authority would be able to rehome him ... I hope that's the type of society we live in.
However the question remains if regulations require simple compliance, how should authorities handle determined none compliance ?
Rog
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2 hours ago, kris88 said:
I’m not sure what the solution is to situations like this. But you would hope the welfare of the boater figures in it somewhere.
I would agree.
But I have seen no evidence that C&RT haven't considered his welfare ... indeed part of the reason for this matter dragging on for over ten years is because C&RT have sought to avoid being seen as 'the big bad wolf'.
Sad as it is, there must come a point when removal of the boats is all that's left to be done ... after ten years one would hope all possible alternatives have been tried. Perhaps at that point the local authority need to step in.
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This saga has dragged on for over ten years @kriss88 ... what do you think should be done ?
Rog
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15 minutes ago, MtB said:
That doesn't even cover inflation.
Maybe you left a zero off as 100% rise across the board would be more likely to begin to make a dent in the maintenance backlog.
I said for example 10%
We have no real input into what level the rise should be, I merely propose that all licence holders should contribute equally.
Rog
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Just for clarity my view of equitable is, for example, a 10% rise across the board.
One chooses what vessel to buy (wide or narrow) and then choose how to use it (cc or mooring) and the options are available to all (ignoring personal issues) ... I see no valid reason to apply new licensing differentials.
We should all be financing maintenance costs surely ?
Rog
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I understand your housing point @magnetman and accept in some areas (predominantly London) this is an issue that has been left to 'fester'.
But if the point of the licensing system is to regulate those on the water, and to finance maintenance and repairs then shouldn't rises in fees be applied equitably to ALL using the water ?
Rog
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17 minutes ago, magnetman said:
I suppose if one could live in buses in London for a grand a year it would be quite popular and people would start moaning if it began to get more expensive.
The continuous cruising option is basically a ridiculous bargain. Nice while it remains a ridiculous bargain but there is no guarantee it will.
To be fair, £10 a day to be able to live in a nice place inside your own unit which can disappear if needed is not exactly expensive is it. People pay three times this much just for a reasonable apartment which is paying someone else's mortgage.
At least licence and certificate fees go to the CRT who are the body tasked with keeping water under the boat.
It is not about gentrification and pricing people out it is about the end of an era of excessively cheap boat licences.
Whilst I generally agree with your point, I do get annoyed by the implication (not particularly from you) that continuous cruisers are getting boating on the cheap.
We have a C&RT mooring for the boat for three months a year, and then cruise the other nine months. However we frequently have to pay for moorings around the system when we choose to leave the boat for a few days.
Anyone with a C&RT licence is free to continuously cruise ... the additional cost for mooring is only necessary where they're (for whatever reason) unable to do so.
Rog
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Same boat just round the corner on 20 September 2022
Rog
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3 hours ago, magnetman said:
Tony Dunkley on the other side is convinced the CRT are behaving outside of their legal remit with S8/S13 boat removals and there is a slightly unpleasant smell about this if boats are being scrapped rather than sold on.
Really ?
Dunkley believes C&RT are acting outside their legal remit 😱
I'm shocked and stunned.
Rog
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I don't drink anymore.
Mind you ... I don't drink any less.
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Rather like a bad smell I do linger 😁
Rog
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Is it the winding hole below Hack Green locks ... or is bottom of Audlem confirmed ?
Rog
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2 hours ago, nicknorman said:
We've found the same problem at the Bearley lock on the S Straford. It is the first lock you come to after Wooten Wawen (Anglo Welsh hire base) and only about a mile away, but the hire base can't be bothered to show people how to use a lock. They get shown a Youtube video apparently!
We were on the Stratford in April and were chatting with Anglo Welsh crew walking back from Bearley lock having seen hirers through ... so obviously they do on occasions.
"The day boat from Saltisford arm Warwick went down the Cape locks on Friday.
Bod"
Saltie the Saltisford day boat is ALWAYS watched through the locks.
Rog
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I understand it will reopen 1 June ... but perhaps a call to confirm would be wise.
Rog
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It was definitely Varney's lock ... I believe Mike the boilerman had some personal testimony ... but he's no longer here.
Rog
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The location was Varney's lock which is near Cropredy.
Don't rely on the DM for accuracy.
Rog
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Well said Nick ... it is telling that Nigel was a member and contributor to BOTH forums ... he was without doubt a gentleman and worthy role model for us all.
Rog
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As the guy said when asked for directions ... "You don't want to start from here !".
As C&RT appear to have sold off all equipment, and disposed of the bankside staff who used to know how to use it, and who understood canals and knew the system, and replaced them with inefficient outside contractors and call centre staff who wouldn't know a canal if they fell in one ...
that's a tough one to answer ...
but I wouldn't want to ...
Rog
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Well, at least we'll know for next time ... provided the staff on duty also know what's what.
I got diesel at Trinity as their diesel point is on line ... would have done it at Market Bosworth had they been more welcoming.
Just demonstrates how easily poor impressions are made.
Rog
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It would have been a very expensive laundry trip to stay in the marina, so we didn't bother.
I'm no fan of marinas, they remind me too much of childhood trips to huge caravan sites.
We went in for an ice cream and a cold drink.
It seemed very bleak and charmless to me, but I enjoy a 'homely air of neglect'
Rog
Boat shell advice
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Thanks Andrew ... know anything about the shell style ?
Rog