annharvey_tipton wrote: > Happy New Year everyone. > We are waiting with dread the cost of the new licence for this year. > Our marina has been bought from Land and Water and the cost has gone > up dramatically. The electric standing charge has gone up too and > the cost of the card (ok fuel costs have risen and that's to be > expected). We aren't the worst off however. A two tier mooring > charge has been introduced, for high and low users. Anyone who lives > aboard is counted as a high user at the high rate, even if they ship > out in early spring and don't return till late autumn and also do > short trips in winter, and/or visit relatives, caravan or camper van, > or trips abroad to the sun. They don't cost the marina any more as > they pay for their pumpout or are billed a rate for use of the elsan, > whether they are there or not. > As you can imagine this has resulted or will result in a surge of > vacant mooring spaces if there are any millionares requiring berths. > I have been told in confidence of several who will be leaving and am > scared to open my mouth in case I let a cat out of the bag. (Go on, > you know you want to;-) > We have paid up for the first 3 months, but are reviewing our > position. > So Beeky, you could have been just as financially badly off if you'd > remained here. As for those with their own flood refuge at the end > of the garden, they must be clapping their hands at last. > Look forward to seeing some of you out and about next year. > Ann & Ken nb hogtied.
How many nights per year are the "low users" allowed to spend on their boats? Having now exhausted their faltering property empire and sitting on the time bomb of failing structures BW and its trade pals are now milking the boaters for all they are worth. This is Railtrack style management...only worse. Am I really going to come back to this part of the UK with Earnest in a couple of years time?...when a 60ft mooring in a half decent marina will be £4000+ a year and std BW canal and river licence £2000+? I have tried in my letter to Robin Evans to explain to him what will happen and where they are missing out on funding, but it will fall on deaf ears. I just cannot believe there will not now be a waterways recession, what ever happens "British" Waterways will have changed beyond all recognition within a couple of years. I should imagine my marina on the SEW in ROI will have gone up a bit, probaby to just under £1000 a year and licence registration for Shannon will still be free....oh... I must not go on or hoards of British narrowboatrers will come over here and spoil it...but then the Grand / Royal / Barrow could loose a couple of thousand narrowboats and might give the Waterways Ireland staff something to do, instead of "capturing" the odd boat they see every month. Yep, and the mugs in the "United" Kingdom pay 15% towards WI for the NI component. It will be interesting to see what the BW (Scotland) licence fee increases will be, seeing as the Scot Exec (funded by all UK) gives extra support to BW (Scotland). http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/2/2/pbr_csr07_funding591.pdf Is this government trying to force English UDI???? -- Neil Arlidge - NB Earnest - Shannon Reg 7410 - One Turkey that few... Read about the TNC Irish travels at: http://www.tuesdaynightclub.co.uk/Tour_07/index.html Defend The Waterways: http://www.saveourwaterways.org.uk/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
