Steve wrote: > In that case Roger let me warn you that there is not a single stretch of the > canal system where there has not been trouble at some time, including Skipton > where as you know I experienced it myself. That knowledge is valuable? It's > valueless IMO. Better just to use common sense. And if something happens > report it to the appropriate authorities, not this list where serious damage > may be done to a local economy.
Yes the knowledge is valuable because you don't keep the knowledge stored on a data base for ever and ever. If it is kept in your head the more distant ones will fade and the more recent ones will be freshest. This allows you to make rolling decisions based on your judgement coupled with the info. I'm not the slightest bit interested in the fact that an incident happened one hundred years ago, but I am in one that happened one month ago. Yobs have a habit of returning to the place that they last had a bit of 'fun' until such time as they grow up or lose interest I well recall you berating me for not wanting to moor on Worcester's public moorings, choosing to moor in the hire boat basin instead. The fact that the public mooring was covered in broken glass and the adjacent walls in graffiti allowed me to make my own judgment, but based on the advice of others not to moor there. If damage is done to a local economy then, perhaps, it will encourage the local authorities (Council, Police etc) to do something about the situation but, I agree, that it would be better to register a complaint with the Police so that the incidents can be logged. I totally agree that Skipton isn't safe. I wouldn't want anyone to boat here personally; it's full of undesirables living in run-down shacks close to the waterway near the centre of town. These undesirables are known to want to keep the supplies of local beer to themselves also; a very nasty habit IMO :-))) Roger
