"myblueboat" wrote: > > Roger > >just checked my pics and you may be right roger , the other ellie may > at skipton as you enter the arm to the castle was his previous boat. > if it is the ellie may as described i am surprised as the man on board > was very vocal about the state of the leeds /liverpool and told me of > his contacts at bw he has. > he claimed to have a bw man in charge of the said waterway on board > for his trip to skipton so he could show he has plenty to complain > about. > he complained bitterly about cc.s paying nothing for moorings and lots > of rantings , i thought he was just a kindly confused old man. > oh well.
Yep, you have definitely confirmed that it is the boat that I am describing because I know the man who bought the first Ellie May. It is identical in colour and design. In fact it was quite spooky to see them both moored together. There were very few differences between the two boats at all, but one that is obvious is the wrought iron gate over the front doors. Ellie May Mk1 has recently had a repaint, it's still the same colours but has lost some of the fussiness of the original. The guy that I know works for Pennine Cruisers so you often see Ellie May Mk1 around the basin/arm but its official mooring is further towards Leeds. I'm afraid that Ellie May's owner ran into trouble with two woman from the area (one was my wife) when they both saw his dog wandering and crapping all over the place (including in front of my house which is only yards from the canal). Not knowing who the dog belonged to, they followed it back down the towpath until it stopped outside Ellie May and waited to be let back on board. The guy intially said that his dog (an aging black, white and grey Corgi cross) didn't wander away from the boat and other excuses, but when faced with the evidence he had no choice but to back down. It's a big problem around here and when one does one's bit picking up after one's own pooches it can get frustrating to witness others who don't give a damn, and they don't live here either. We've got enough problems with the locals and their dogs without visiting dogs adding to the problem especially in an area heaving with visitors. Roger
