On 12/7/06 21:50, "Phil Rushton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I assume that BW's justification in charging for mooring at Llangollen > is to recoup the cost of providing free electricity. This seems very > unfair for all the boaters who haven't got mains hook-up. It is a pity > they didn't leave a few free moorings for 12 and 24 volt boaters :-( > If I remember rightly, the actual justification for charging fees was not so much to do with facilities such as mains electricity but more to recoup some of the initial capital cost of providing the mooring basin. IWA reluctantly accepted it in this one particular site on the grounds that there was insufficient mooring space on a very popular site on a very narrow channel and apparently no other means of raising the money to provide extra space - and on the basis that the towpath moorings would remain free. It was only once the basin opened that it transpired that the towpath moorings in the town would also be subject to overnight charges. Martin L ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/ygtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
