We have had a reply from B.W. at Wigan to say they are looking into our original message......we await the reply with interest. The story we heard from the Rufford branch was that some lady had moved into a house over looking the 24 hr vis mooring at Rufford and then started ringing up B.W. when anyone over stayed by a hour....To give B.W. credit it is now a 7 day mooring:-) We are following the postings on the forum that Martin posted to with smiles. For any one who is in Radio Lancs area, they are sending a reporter out to see us on Friday morning about our selling of wool from the boat....its tempting to raise this matter as well, but I think the lock cottage owner will get the message soon enough..... Colin and Carole nb Patty Ann --- On Tue, 29/9/09, Family <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Family <[email protected]> Subject: [canals-list] Re: Problem with lock cottage owner at Greenberfield To: "Canal-List" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, 29 September, 2009, 11:01 PM Jannock got a BW nastygram whilst moored very legitimately on the Rufford Arm last year. We were not on the 48 hour moorings. Jannock had only been on the 14 day rule for 5 days. The reason for the nastygram... .. we had "been on the Rufford Arm for too long". Well that was a new one on us as we are unaware that there is a limit on the time one may spend on that waterway. We phoned BW to protest, as it was their representative who had posted said nastygram, they said not to take any notice. They obviously took no responsibility for the cavalier way the rules were applied. The locals told us that we were actually moored at the bottom of the garden of a woman who preferred an uninterrupted view of the fields beyond. It was her habit to phone a friend and get a notice to bu$&er off posted on the boats which offend her eye. So who makes the rules? BW seem to take the side of anyone who isn't actually their customer in such cases. Megapixie. NB Scilly-buoy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
