In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Susan
Burchett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Checking if I have been bounced. Sue
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They wouldn't dare bounce you Sue.
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> I'm beginning to believe that visitor moorings away from 'honeypot
> sites' no longer exist. Many times when we attempted to moor 'in the
> middle of nowhere' along the 4 counties ring this year, we were thwarted
> by the lack of dredging.
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> It appears that BW want to force us to moor only where they dredge,
> whether that suits us or not.
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> I thought that would happen when BW very nicely asked if we would say
>where we wanted moorings. People rushed to state their favourite place
>and BW obligingly put in rings. My reply was that we would like to moor
>against the towpath but mine was a lone voice.
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There does seem to be a new type of boater who does not know what a
mallet and mooring pin are for. By BW encouraging boats to only moor at
selected sites of their choosing that contain concrete edges, stony
towpaths, nicely spaced rings and not a blade of grass in sight (which
must do wonders for the local wildlife), yet another of the freedoms
enjoyed by the early [1] pleasure boaters has been removed.
Bob
[1] I was trying to think of a name to describe those of us that began
our boating in the early 70's - but clearly failed! :-)
--
Bob Adams - nb Rivendell
email: bob55 at ntlworld dot com
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