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My boat has been off it's home mooring since April and I have been religiously moving her on in compliance with 'the rules'. I found a nice safe place, nice boats near by, cc'ers all around, nice folk next door introduced themselves and promised to look after her. I had a long discussion with a man re the mooring regs in the area who said there was a relaxed attitude to' a little overstaying', he had been on his spot for three weeks and was staying for a couple more and that was 'ok'. I returned to Jade at the week end to move her - and she had been moved. Not far, just a boat space to allow his boat to move up and let a couple more boats in front of him, one of which had been just below the lock for a year. My point is not that my boat was in any way harmed and was well tied up and safe. But, should the 'local cc'ers feel this is ok? That is to move boats for their convenience? TBH I was not very pleased. I can see this is a great place to live, 5 minutes from a tube station in the countryside, a parade of shops, pizza shop and off licence and convenient parking. But, if I leave my boat on a spot should I not expect it to be on the same spot when I return? I have a smaller boat and when I left her she was snugly in a place between two boats that a bigger boat would not have squeezed into. Is this normal practice? I stress no harm was done to Jade but I am just saying I was a bit surprised, there was loads of space further along am I unreasonable to expect them to move there rather than move me?
