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The bidding thing is one aspect. We have a contract that runs for another 12 years but there are five yearly review periods which allow the charges to be recalculated according to an agreed formula.

Hi Jonathan, Yes we have a rate that is set according to a basket of alternatives. Four are local marinas and six are c&RT online moorings. I can get prices from the marinas but only one of the online moorings is advertising a space. It's gone up 46% in the last five years. CPI for the last five years is 36 % if I remember correctly. Sorry. It's RPI that is 36%

Thanks for the replies so far. I have found an announcement that there will be an across the board increase of 4% this year but no indication of any base price. Interestingly, there are prices on our lease declared for 2018 as official price per foot. I would have thought that even then C&RT were holding auctions for moorings. Mike's experience of his mooring going up 9% a year is a worse case scenario so far and probably extreme because of location (he says hopefully)!

The stoppage now says closed until 29th August at 17.00

Does C&RT publish how much their online moorings cost? I can find some detail for moorings that have vacancies but the ones I am interested in are currently fully occupied. This may seem like a strange question but our boat club lease moorings from C&RT and the charge will increase according to the average of a basket of similar local online moorings. A review is due this year and I'm trying to anticipate the likely increase in charges.

It's not so much about whether your boat will sink but rather the scenario where your insurance asks for a survey and the surveyor declares that your boat needs overplating.

Not a stoppage but the infamous bridge at Meaford on the Trent and Mersey has had it's coping stones knocked off again. I think they lasted about 18 months this time.

You can tell the ones that have been turned over. The door handles get filed down as they slide down the road. They are the same door handles as fitted to a Rover P6. My best man turned his Dads over and got aBoll***ing. Three months later his Dad did the same"

It might be elderly but it still does the business. I remember being behind you on the T&M and you just disappeared in front of us. My Beta 35 does around 9 miles to the gallon. Tyler Wilson shell with 28" draught when not moving.

It's interesting that the notice starts with the phrase "In the next couple of weeks". It's clearly not equipment failure that has brought about this change of approach. It's interesting that the notice starts with the phrase "In the next couple of weeks". It's clearly not equipment failure that has brought about this change of approach.

Moor outside the pub

Can't comment onthe food in the bBridge but on Monday lunchtime they only had Wainwright Gold and Banks Bitter on. Poor show considering it will have been their best opportunity of the year to make a bob or two. Much wider choice at both the Shroppie and the Combermere.

We came across it about 15 years ago. They were running Birmingham to London that year. They had support crews who waited at strategic spots. We passed them around Buckby Locks.

Doing 10% off at Crick but not on their website