Old git

I shall be doing a speil tomorrow for all to read. Today i have to take my beloved out as its an important anniversary. Old Git

Do they change position like cyclists in the peloton or penguin in a storm stood in a pack so all taking turns in easier or warmer positions ?

Oh Happy memories In the late eighties /early nineties we were often found having a few in there, Before any boat safety system came along there was an old boy with two twenty foot ish plastic cruisers joined together back to back with a waterwheel for propulsion at the rear of one of them. He was often moored there at weekends. Many pints were consumed, and when my new pair are mobile I freely intend to come and taste the beer again for a session or two on my way around the system. Just to check if you are correct about the good ale.

Its the same for ducks swimming too ! 39degrees.

Now you are putting the horse before the C&RT in your thinking ! Sorry.......Just a poor joke .

In the eighties I had a yam xs1100 that weighed 230kg in the front well deck, which to get on and off i cut the gunnel down to the water tank nearly and hinged it , just like the disabled access boats you still see about that also have a ramp built in. Any reasonable welder/fabricator shell builder could do it for you, or buy a small fold up moped in a suitcase if you want a smaller bike that you can nearly lift on and off. Just dont drop whatever you do in the cut as its a bugger to get them out and repair ! And dont ride on the towpath please.

There are hundreds of opinions going to appear on this from :" Let everyone live where they want for any length of time in peace" all the way to "you should be moving again and again in one direction to be a continuous cruiser not a continuous moorer which are hated by all". And thats THE PROBLEM. US. So many opinions appear here we will never pull together, but the Hire Industry has got together and managed to get together (or so it seems to humble me ) with the hiarachy of the IWA to form an alliance of "we want things our way". So getting the best moorings (closest to the pubs shops etc) available for our overnight stoppers on the holiday boats.......Mainly in the warmer summer months admittedly........we mess up there businesses and cause delays to their customers at locks etc etc. A viable system has to be found to suit all not just a greedy few........on any side. So we have to change thinking and be savvy or in todays world we the foolhardly will lose out in a big way. So what now ?

Thanks Sue, Thats what I intend doing . I can ask specific sensible questions if people send them to me and i am allowed the time to ask ! Personally I think there are so many different views on here we are totally not united on any front that it will be a difficult to have a " voice" for the people. If the ones who shout loudest and longest had contacted C& RT first then perhaps they would be there not me, but I feel as an ex boat builder and 10yr livaboard, who still owns a share in a trad 58 footer and is about to build a new pair to live on and eventually CC I have a fair knowledge of the working of the waterways, as my first wooden boat was bought by me in 1981. So lets wait and see what we find out ? And I am sorry this is the night before but being in hospital stopped my internet access, but any questions people ? Old Git. Aka Jerry.

And I am the other. I sent an email to them and as I was first to ask I got the space. Old Git

Its me, Old git..........Sorry been in hospital ......Now home and able to go tomorrow so inbox me with things to discuss/ ask And I will report back. I may not live aboard at present but did for years and as soon as the new one pair are built i will again , but I still own a share in a 58 trad that is used lots. Old git

No problems with Continuous Cruisers, its the Continuous Moorers on the towpath that nark me, when they dont move for months on end from the best spots near the pubs or other useful spots. But just my opinion ! Old Git

Hello all, I do find this all very funny, but the "do let us know when you decide to move". Comment could apply to all those CM ers , who bridge hop at best which if you read Ca RT blurb is not allowed. If we All paid a fair amount it would improve the coffers and we may just get a better system for all of us to use and enjoy. Just an Opinion Old Git Ps......Build heaps more marina's please, I do not care if they are used or not but it will help keep the water levels up as more water per pound in theory.

So quickly, You fool we have been arguing this for 3 yrs in the Chilterns........ i have two neighbours within a mile and then just views across a totally rural valley........all Green belt, Until this dam thing happened.

The same place as me........OUT OF POCKET. And unable to sell and it wont be worth what you paid for it ?..........Write to your MP lots now.....join Stop HS2 Old Git