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Thus proving those in london have no respect for others…I’d also rather not tie up to a boat of unknown pedigree….both the boat and occupier.

But the twirlers say it’s all about the “lifestyle” not the freeloading……

There are bookable moorings to allow visiting boats a hopefully guaranteed spot…maybe a few more of those would help

I doubt it. They won’t even pay a bit extra for a licence and now object to the bookable moorings which may give others a chance of actually being able to moor in london!!

How about they pay say £8-10k for a towpath mooring in london. CRT get the cash they need. They get a mooring. After all they are all for the love of the cut…not trying to have others subside their lifestyle or anything

So if you have kids in school you need a permanent mooring…it’s really quite simple. The Baton twirlers seem to think the world owes them.

I could ask why they felt so self entitled….id be interested to hear their reasons….

The baton twirlers seem to only post on one fb page now….they and one fanboy are so easy to rile….its a pity I’m otherwise busy for cavalcade or id go to see what they have to say!!!

It’s just very frustrating that it seems CRT are incapable of putting their side of the argument in any meaningful way.

Under BW this used to be standard in some parts of the BCN….mind you they sometimes got the mix wrong and it dissolved your hull instead of protecting it…..sadly CRT aren’t as caring…..

I see the London centric BBC has fallen for their idiocy….thats another organisation that should be made to pay its way….and not by a stealth tax.

They only seem to post on one canal fb group now….where their antics are regularly ridiculed and shot down…think they have been banned from most of them.

Looking at the tide marks on the wing walls and the hull it seems to me that the lower pound was down and the boat could well be sitting on something....if it then wedged and they tried to flush it through or refill the pound it only takes a low vent opening to cause an issue.... I have come close on few occasions to sinking my boat but thankfully got away with it mainly due to luck....it doesnt take much for a minor issue to become a big one...a slight distraction or a bad decision.

According to some of the log burner groups I’m on some council building control either now charge lots eg £500 or just say you have to have Hetas sign it off meaning in effect you can’t do a self install. I’ve been waiting for a reply for a simple planning enquiry for a month now from the local council so I don’t hold out much hope for something more complicated.

In an ideal world yes but it seems it’s impossible to get Hetas registered person to sign off something where they haven’t supplied all the parts as well…which strikes me as wrong but there you go. I am tempted just to get someone to fit a new flue and register plate and say it was like that when we moved in but apparently that might be frowned upon too. Seems like another “jobs for the boys” scheme really.