I have recently taken to walking the towpath ( trying to get rid of Christmas) and as an amusement decided to count the boats as I walked back. 20 boats 7 with in date licences 2 just expired 12/07 11 either no licence displayed or well out of date (4 months or more) Only one of the 6 "regulars" had a winter mooring permit.........
No wonder our licences are likely to go up by so much......................................... I know that if DSS are paying the licence/mooring for someone they don't get one for the window but I do feel that its taking the mick a bit when less than 35% of boats are displaying an in date licence. I did the same on the offside moorings and out of all the boats, one was not displaying anything and two non livaboards had licences that expired 12/07. Its a pity BW cant have a new law that deals with licence evasion in the same way as car tax if you don't renew the last known owner gets a fine!
