My recent trip to Cavalcade was an eye-opener; Debbie sums up exactly my 
feelings. These people are not boaters. They are using the canals as a cheap 
housing option and while I can understand the commercial pressures that are 
leading to this happening, they are destroying the canals in the process.

Steve
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-----Original Message-----
From: "tiamiboat" <[email protected]>

Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 09:39:21 
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [canals-list] Re: Shades of  ''The 3 Horseshoes''


--- In [email protected], "Roger Millin" <roger.mil...@...> wrote:
>
>
> 
> I should report them to someone in BW then Debbi ;-))))
> Don't want them sent up here to Skipton though, as we have enough permanent 
> moorers on the 3 day town centre visitor moorings as it is.
> I'm afraid the local 'Enforcement Officer' is a joke appointment.
> Roger
>

The increase in new continuous moorers is becoming a joke. In some areas as 
soon as you get rid of one another 3 or 4 replace place. I know of one boat 
yard that is craning in 2 or 3 new boats a week, often wide beam and I know 
exactly where most of them end up. Anyone here who was a visitor to London had 
problems trying to find a mooring?

The canal is of finite length with a limited amount of facilities including 
moorings. You can't keep on filling it up with boats or you'll be able to walk 
from London to Birmingham by boat without getting wet. What's the solution .... 
some might say market forces and economics i.e. pricing structures .... over to 
you Adrian!

D 



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