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They may shut up shop early, if enough people tell them what they think of their freeloading extremism and their dream of a Socialist Utopia where everything is provide free by the state.
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11 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
Canal boaters “facing homelessness” as fees shoot up 75% | The Lead
And the press say
A work of fiction
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8 minutes ago, MrsM said:
I have often wondered how some of the extremely poor condition boats manage. There are a couple on CRT online moorings near me that look like they couldn't possibly pass a BSS. How do they get licenced?
Hull condition and paintwork are not covered by the BSS.
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The Caledonian Sleeper is quite good, even in the classic cabins (No ensuite loo and Shower) and I would travel to Fort William on the sleeper and have breakfast in the club car while travelling north over Rannoch Moor towards Lochtreighead. The club and double cabins (1st class tickets only) cost more than the classic cabin, it depends on how much you place the value of a ensuite loo and shower. The food in the club car is good, but with a limited choice of menu items which includes half a dozen 12 year old single malts. Senior Railcard holders do get up to 34% discount on Club Solo or Classic Solo rooms and seated products.
As for the Highland Midge(Culicoides impunctatus), they have teeth like a bear trap, the good news is that only the females bite, the bad news is that there can are up to 500000 Midges for evey cubic metre. So hope for hot dry weather they don't like.
Anyway I'm off to Paddington to catch the Night Riviera to St Ives in Cornwall to spend a couple of days with my grandaugthers.
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5 hours ago, haggis said:
I don't think you get a copy of the BSS certificate now. The details are posted onto your boats details area in C&RT and that is where I check when renewal is due although I seem to remember getting an email telling me that the BSS expiry is imminent.
I was sent a PDF file from my examiner via email and have done since 2016. I then just email a copy to the Marina Office and the MLC.
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12 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Maybe it was some other body who represents leisure cycling.
Cycling UK has championed the cause of cycling for more than 140 years. We promote all forms of cycling, protect the interests of existing and would-be cyclists, and inspire people across the UK to discover the joys of cycling.
As an independent, democratic and expert organisation, our activities reflect the commitment of our members, volunteers and partners to make cycling mainstream and to create a lasting difference to the lives of individuals and communities.
The Cyclists Touring Club (CTC) now branded as Cycling UK rejects any plans to introduce charges. Sustrans on the other hand who are busy turning towpaths into cyclepaths may support charging as they did with the K&A canal towpath back in the 2000's
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On 02/04/2024 at 12:37, marti.wunjo said:
Hi i,m seeking advice re, housing bens, living on a boat yacht.?
Does anyone give advice re, this.?
https://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?/topic/121163-housing-benefit-for-mooring/
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5 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:
A year or three ago "British Cycling" (the controlling body for cycling) contacted C&RT and suggested that if C&RT wished to inplement a charge (or licence) for cycling on the towpaths they would support it.
"British Cycling" is the governing body for competitive cycle racing in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
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1 hour ago, MtB said:
Quite.
It can be a fair bit of effort to erase all identifying names and numbers from a boat so I've always imagined it is done deliberately. And what would be the point if you are planning to continue buying a licence?
When a licence is shared between boats, One of the tricks used is swapping the licence displayed with another on a set day, so it looks that a group of boats are moving when they are not.
Displaying a fake or cloned licence (CART need to copy the Middle Level and make the licence hard to fake) and changing it ever so often.
If the boat checker had access to a photo of the licenced boat, The evaders and rule breakers would be easy to spot.
It would also bring a end to boat owners who have had their Name and Index number copied and are no longer on CART waters, being chased for non-payment of the licence and having to prove that the boat was not on CART waters at the time and date stated. This can take a few weeks or even months to sort out.
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6 hours ago, Momac said:
Or perhaps C&RT should bring their online system up to date so the boater can share the insurance certificate and receipt for the moorings.
If this is a challenge for some boaters then perhaps simply requiring the boater to have evidence available in case of being asked for it by a C&RT employee.
The Middle Level require that you sent copies of both the insurance certificate and the BSS with the licence application either by post or email. As there are only three marinas on the Middle Level. They are checked often by the enforcement officer for unlicenced boats. Boats without moorings don't have a licence as to get one you need to have a mooring. Which the NBTA claim is unfair as is the licence for their members are poor.
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5 minutes ago, cuthound said:
It would also be allow CRT to identify boats which display neither name or registration number, (as required in their bylaws) and perhaps take action.
You can aready hear the screams of outrage from the 'Bargees' about their human rights not to be identfiled or recorded.
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2 hours ago, Momac said:
Or perhaps C&RT should bring their online system up to date so the boater can share the insurance certificate and receipt for the moorings.
If this is a challenge for some boaters then perhaps simply requiring the boater to have evidence available in case of being asked for it by a C&RT employee.
They should also require that a uptodate photo of the boat is upload with the application. This is the case with Waterways Ireland as it makes is easyier to spot a boat with a choned licence afterall most boat checkers don't known how to tell who the builder was. Ireland also has two types of licence depending on how long you plan to moor on Visiter moorings at any one time, with a lower licence fee for a stay under five days.
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5 hours ago, Boatylife said:
Just in terms of changing address a query . It is a leisure mooring , which water chaplaincy has said I can claim on , but obviously dont accept post .So do I actually change address?
You do need to change the address to where the mooring is located, As they can visit. So you should add a message in your journal that the location has no postal service and if you have a postal address that can be used, Not that it should be a problem as UC is online based and very rarely sends anything via post.
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28 minutes ago, peterboat said:
Laughing at the subject matter, it seems that more are protesting against NBTA than for them
It's no wonder that most see them as freeloaders when you consider that someone on the NMW working 35 hours a week is earning before deductions £20,820.80 and that the average renting household now spends 42% of their income on rent; this rises to 72% in London, 'Affordable rent' is deemed 30 percent or less. Yet the freeloaders moans about paying less than 10 percent of their income on the licence.
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While heading down to Dorset for the rest of the weekend. Due to problems on the lines out of Waterloo, I rerouted myself via Paddington station and as the train I intended to use to Reading was leaving from platform 12 (Short ones). And it was about midday, I nipped over to Little Venice to do a quick headcount, so much for a turnout of hundreds. Wishful thinking for them as I only was able to see a small crowd of about 70 waving their silly signs. Heard quite a number of people yelling at them to 'Get a Job' or 'Have a shower' plus other things. Did not stay long as I had that train to catch.
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On 26/03/2024 at 16:26, Boatylife said:
Hi Mike
thanks for this , yes that’s what I’m worried about . Have asked waterways chaplaincy and they said claim after getting mooring ! Obviously don’t want to commit unless I’m sure I’ll receive housing benefits to cover !
CAB is a good idea !I have done this for a number of people over the past few years. Getting to know the DWP system through being my Disable Nephews 'Court of Protection' appointed deputy.
The UC system is now setup to process claims for help with mooring fees and navagation licences up to the value of the monthly Local Housing Allowance (LHA). It is paid one month in arrears, so you need to be able to cover the first month.
On the day your mooring agreement starts, You need to log in to your UC account
Click Home
Click Report change of circumstances
Click Where you live and what it costs
Fill in the details of the mooring address and set the Housing situation to.
You live on a houseboat.
You pay rent to more than one person or organisation
You rent from private landlords
Your last question will be Do you wish to claim a council tax reduction? You may as well click yes as the council will be informed either way.
Once you completed everything and returned to the home screen, you can log out.
In a few days there will be a upload link in your journal from the Service Centre. Asking for proof of your costs
Types of proof that they will accept:
letter from Mooring owner
Bank statement (as long as the address is showing, and showing payment)
Mooring agreement
Invoice for mooring fees or receipt of payment
Invoice for waterways licence or receipt of payment
Copy of Navagation Licence
Copy of mooring permit.
You may need a second upload link, so send a message in your journal requesting one or ask your work coach at your next appointment.
Your claim should be processed in three to four weeks.
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If you have access to liquid nitrogen, dip the lock in a cup of liquid nitrogen and hit with a hammer. The carbon-steel and low alloys steels used for the case and locking ring are temporarily embrittled or lose impact strength at liquid nitrogen temperature and shatter when subjected to a blow. The brass alloy use in the lock are not significantly affected by low temperature of liquid nitrogen.
Demo of liquid nitrogen being used to break a padlock
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I do have two ParMax4 pumps installed more than 20 years ago, set up so that should first pump fail, simple turning two valves and flicking a switch to bring in the backup pump. Allowing the failed pump to be replaced when you have time to do it. With a single pump and maybe a spare in a box. As according to Murphy's law, the pump will fail when your covered in soap while in the shower.
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Simple rent a mooring next to a coal yard, One available at the moment In March by the railway bridge next to the coal yard. These moorings are not owned by the loon with the T54.
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There are two planned closures of navigation on Well Creek to facilitate works:
Closure of Marmont Priory Lock to replace the downstream gates from October 30 to December 19.
Closure of Salters Lode Lock to clear silt and undertake a condition assessment is planned from January 8 to February 9 2024
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21 hours ago, HenryFreeman said:
I'm actually not sure if I do or don't. It's on channel 4 iplayer or whatever the channel 4 Internet streaming thing is called, do you need a TV licence for streaming channel 4?
I don't think I've ever had a TV licence although from age 26 to 6 years ago I was mostly living overseas.
This is what I was smugly commenting on to my girlfriend "another boat that'll never see beyond the boundaries of that marina"
Only for live streaming of programs that are being broadcasted at the same time over the airwaves, You don't need a TV Licence if you only ever watch on demand programmes on any TV service apart from BBC iPlayer.
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14 hours ago, GUMPY said:
There is at least one member on here who has to pay CT on his leisure mooring. He doesn't live on the boat merely stores it on the mooring when not in use. It's all down to council interpretation 🤔
More than, many boaters moored at Foxes are charged second home tax on their moorings since Fenland Council contracted out the collection of council tax to the Anglia Revenues Partnershire in 2016. My home is in Dorset, so only on the boat one or maybe two nights per week when I need to be in Cambridge.
Main problem in dealing with these worksly layabouts is that you have to wait two or even three months before you get a reply if one at all, Yet you are expected to reply within three days. The Anglia Revenues Partnershire claim that a mooring does not need to be residential for second home tax, just what they deem to be sole use, even when it is clearly stated in the mooring agreement that the mooring is not sole use or residential. Just that you have not changed moorings aleast twice a year. Marinas don't move moorers unless they have to. Having to move a large number of boats takes time and effort by staff who have other things to do.
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Pump out in March, broken again until further notice, unable to get repair date from the council.
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On 29/07/2023 at 17:05, SLC said:
It is shallow especially at the sides. Sections often low due to blockages and gates left open, also locals open locks to dtain canal for fish. Whatever, it always amazes me how shallow it is, saucer shaped even! It is the long straggly stuff that is causing a problem.
I repeat, traffic along this section appears to be lower than in previous years. Subjective perhaps.
Some of the pounds have been leaking for years on the flight. What puts people off is arriving at the top lock and finding that the flight has a number of empty pounds which have drained through the day due to leaks in the lining. When there was a flight keeper it was not too bad as they run water down to fill the pounds that were draining. Facing a string of empty pounds, people turnround and go elsewhere, unless they have just paid for a EA visiters licence from the Marina, so will spend some hours refilling the flight, something I have had to do myself.
Cavalcade and the NBTA
in General Boating
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While planning my retirement, I was looking through the Waterways Ireland T&C's as one possibility for the future.
While looking through the details, it seen that anyone wanting to liveaboard full time on the Irish waterways has to pay for the higher price liveaboard licence. The more you plan to stay aboard, the more you pay. That would not go down well with the NBTA or would adding the tourist tax to payable visiter moorings another thing that some councils are looking at. Afterall these overstaying on the towpath in London are a drain on council resources. Unlike those who are on long term paid moorings who are paying council tax on their moorings.
Waterways Ireland also require a upto day Photo of the boat and that the name and index number is clearly displayed on the boat (Not on a bit of paper stuck in a window). This is enforced on Irish waters, any boat with it's name & index not clearly displayed or has no permit is removed pdq.
It does seem that Waterways Ireland has far more powers to remove a boat than CRT does S.I. No. 247/1988 - Canals Act, 1986 (Bye-Laws), 1988.
Waterways Ireland permits
Combined Mooring and Passage Permit (CMP) permits the holder to pass through locks and to moor at the same Public Mooring for up to five days in any calendar month.
Non-Residential Extended Mooring Permit (NR-EMP) permits the holder to moor in an allocated location for up to one year. A NR-EMP is non-residential and therefore cannot be used a primary residence, however the holder is permitted to stay overnight for up to 90 days in any one year.
Residential Extended Mooring Permit (R-EMP) allows the holder to moor in one location for up to one year. Holders of a R-EMP have no limitation on the number of nights they may stay on board and are permitted to use their vessel as their primary residence.