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'Should boats not displaying a current licence be named and shamed?' Where has the OP implied that boat is unlicensed?

Su's known in both The Farmers & The Slipway pub, where she moors between as being ' not the brightest' when it comes to living on a boat! 🙄 This thread proves that!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1407105596036513/permalink/1722259847854418/

Came across thes whist browsing anold mag..

And again tonight.. Road blocked / cars forced to turn around due to barriers in down position!

Work going on ground around the control room today, barriers erected etc, just possibly a larger feed being run? Couldnt stop to enquire as I drove by, had traffic behind.

Heres a few pics from a boat just down the Jetty from you Peter, RH 2YDA.

I went to the Hallmark disposal auctions when they went bust at thier workshops in Deeside about 15 years ago.... it was reminiscent of a 'MFI reject / returns' warehouse, they barely gave the stuff away and rightly so, they were sh**e with a capital S!

I was talking about real, commercial boating folk from the 1800's not folk playing at it recently!

Sounds like a normal working day in 'times gone by' for the traditional carrying boatmen & their families. I'm all for keeping the early boating traditions alive, collarless shirts & waistcoats, ribboned plates, scumbling, chimney chains and fighting on the towpath at mooring up times!!

He pulled in St Mary's on the Rufford branch yesterday for diesel, seemed 'all a little too much' mooring at the diesel point. He tried backing in at hi revs and resulted it another crash into the bank! Dont think he had an overly successful trip overall!

No shit Sherlock! No

Yes they do the first bridge 9 at 09.30 and guide you thro so perfect place to stop.... I'm there this Saturday eve for passage thro Sunday for a week!

There's the Bootle Arms, a short walk up the lane at the swing bridge (no10 I think) before Wango Lane. I always stop there then a 5 minute cruise the next morning to your CRT meet place! 2for 1 menu, it's good food too....Recommended http://www.bootlearmspub.co.uk/