Hi All, Walking to work this morning along the river I spied 4 Stratford Court/Ethos Nb's tied up to the visitor moorings in Evesham. One, Tillo, was tilting somewhat but not in any danger. I wondered why they had not moved them above the weir the day before. During the day the river came up and I fully expected to see the boats still in position. Upon my return journey home and too my utter amazement I saw 2 of the boats breasted together going very slowly against the flow with what looked like full power on both boats. A short distance later the other 2 where doing the same. Clearly the skippers were not those who had hired and seemed to treating the experience with some jollity. None of the men were wearing life jackets. The river was closed, so no insurance. What if one of those engines had failed? The boats would more than likely have been swept downstream causing damage and with loss of life a certainty. What were they going to do when they got to the lock?, it's closed and would not let them through. Such behaviour is unacceptable. And why was it necessary in the first place?
Copied to LANT and Stratford Court/Ethos Hire Boats. Regards, Andrew Web Site www.andrewdyke.co.uk Web Site www.mayorofevesham.co.uk
