On 13 Jul 2007, at 11:39, Bruce Napier wrote: > > On 12 Jul 2007, at 23:17, Susan Burchett wrote: > >>> There are a lot of boaters who have been pestering BW for some time >>> about >>> the number of on line moorings but BW are not subtle when it >>> comes to >>> handling these things
> and although there are indeed places where the long term on-line > moorings would be better if shorter (though not at Sawley, IMHO), the > real problem is the unofficial colonies of continuous moorers, and I > don't see anything in BW's current strategy that will do anything > other > than exacerbate the problem. Boating up and down the GU between Weedon > and MK this year we've found clump after clump of these, much worse > than last year, even. I guess BWW doesn't even have effective > powers to > move them on, even if they had the budget for enough patrol > officers to > enforce it. I would say that the situation is similar on the K&A west - including the lack of a patrol officer, allegedly. > Meanwhile I've signed the petition, on the principle that anything > that > makes Sally Ashs's life harder is to be supported. Wot, no smiley? Those of us labouring in the public services who have to decide what weight to give petitions are only too aware that many of those who sign on the dotted line are not doing so because they fully support the cause. Which, of course, devalues the concept to some extent. Baz
