On 21, Jun 2007, at 21:08, Eycott, George, VF UK - Technology ((TS)) wrote:
> So, people who have a boat arn;t getting rid of them (yet), but I > suspect an increasing number of potential budget boaters are doing the > sums and saying "no chance". And those of us who are already afloat part time and with previous ideas of a retirement on our boats are realising that the canal world, as we envisaged it, is changing. That the attraction of the waterways is declining. And the consequences of abandoning the dream bring financial grief through accelerated depreciation arising from falling demand for boats and tumbling prices ! Witness the number of new boats on offer through brokers. Beeky Doomed but not yet despondent
