bty465680 wrote... > >Now Day licences are £10 a day, the same boat would cost £300 odd to >licence, and the cost of mooring permits has gone up ridiculously, >especially with BW's drive to push them up more with the tendering >scheme. > >No, I think they've killed the public's enthusiasm for canals as they >are now too inaccessable to the masses from a boating point of view,
A pity that similar price rises have not killed the public's enthusiasm for motoring. > >This is backed up by the type of stalls now seen at the NEC Boat, >Caravan, and Leisure show which was mainly geared towards GRP and >coastal use, and much less for canals. > Has that not always been so? -- Martin Clark Internet Boaters' Database http://www.lock13.co.uk/boats Pennine Waterways Website http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk
