Iain_S

It's something I'm nervous about with ours (Gamebird), so I've never fitted a shore power input.

Labour's raison d'etre (can't be bothered finding e circumflex) is that the people generating the wealth should share in it, and that the workers are not serfs to those with existing wealth.

When we visited the Pocklington Canal (quite a few years ago, come to think of it), there was a restored lock at the top end of the navigational bit, but we were told that above the lock, restoration couldn't proceed as it was a SSSI. The contrast between the "SSSI" and the navigation was startling: the navigation had clear water and abundant fish, birds, etc, while above the lock was reeds bank to bank, with a few discarded oil drums and other rubbish on top. Problem is maintenance of the abandoned state! If left, they are likely to dry out, losing the habitat.

"Since it was first created in 2012, as a private charity independent of government, we have been very clear that the Trust would have to increasingly move towards alternative sources of funding. We have been discussing this with the charity for some time and have been offering support on how it can increase income from other sources, alongside continued government funding, which countless charities across the country do very effectively." Not sure a Tory government is best placed to offer this support. Unless they've learned from their mistakes: railways, water companies, PFI, etc.

I suspect that, had Mr. Davies spent even just the weekends boating on the K&A and connected waterways, the judge might have come to a different conclusion in that particular case. (Of course, had Davies done that, he probably wouldn't have been in court in the first place! )

If a boater had the objective or intention to cruise the connected canal system, or a large part of it, then the primary purpose of the boat would be "bona fide" navigating, and the use of the boat as a place to cook or sleep would be secondary. If the boater intends to continue in that manner, then an address on land becomes just as unnecessary as a home mooring.

British Waterways Act 1995, Sec. 17 (3)(c)(ii)

Is there an extra zero, or missing decimal point? PS I see Alan beat me to it!

Maybe because they don't let you have a licence unless you have a mooring? They'd also be acting illegally.