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Post by metanoia on Feb 15, 2019 18:59:06 GMT
The 'remember us in your will' policy is used by the NT, and others. The NT is apparently the model on which C&RT have based themselves. However the NT is generally held in high regard for the work it has, and does do to preserve a national heritage. That respect for it's aims and ambitions has been built up over many years, encouraging members to feel a valued part of the organisation, and giving them 'a say'. The fundamental mistake made by C&RT management, was in believing they can impose their desire to be 'loved'. I believe there remains a huge amount of respect for the few remaining bank side staff. If C&RT management had focussed on building their reputation from the bottom up, promoting and publicising the work they do, seeking to keep the public 'on side' and supportive, and focussing on their work to maintain the system, they could well be in a very different place by now. Rog Rog, all this is so much what I (and presumably many others) hoped for when CRT were formed, it could have been so, so much better. Instead it's been a bloody disaster. Disaster is a polite word for this fiasco, John …. Hurleston "non stoppage" - joke ….. Empty borehole at Tyrley - who are you kidding?! Anyone boating that way a decade or more ago KNOWS that and wouldn't touch the water there - but CRT put a new standpipe in EVENTUALLY anyway (too close to the lock for the holiday boats oh - and! - with no water supply!!!!) - and the notice seems to confirm that hardly anyone (particularly them) know about the "new" standpipe at Goldstone. It would be funny if we weren't paying for it ... Never mind - the sun has shone, most of us are still afloat and …… Met x
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 19:03:10 GMT
Been a glorious day in London today. Seemed rude not to so I had a little cruise east-west Limehouse to Kensal Green. 9am-5pm. Everything worked. Even the locks. Enough water about and the sun was amazing. Glorious. Belting in fact. Really nice. Beer shops had stock so nobody brexit panic buying yet.
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Post by TonyDunkley on Feb 15, 2019 19:10:20 GMT
By way of illustrating Jim's point with regard to C&RT squandering money on vexatious litigation disguised as a legitimate tool used as one of the means available to them of discharging their obligation to, in their words as quoted from the Court papers, - "to ensure that the inland waterways controlled by CRT are safe, well managed and properly conserved" - the Costs Schedule submitted to Nottingham County for a half-hour Directions Hearing on 25 January this year added up to £5,107.82. The Directions Hearing was the fourth hearing - see my 14 February post in the "How much dosh can Parry's fusiliers squander in one week ?" thread - in their now three year old campaign to coerce me into buying one of their fraudulent 'Rivers only Licences'. No Costs Schedules were submitted in respect of the three earlier hearings, but all involved similar amounts of time, work, and travel, so it's not unreasonable to presume that the costs incurred were of similar proportions, making the running total so far in this case in the region of £20,000. Add that to the £15,000(+) they blew on attempting to impose CC'ing conditions/obligations on me in 2014 despite my having a 'home' mooring, and that's one example of the way that these maggots could choose to spend what's bequeathed to them by anyone gullible or stupid enough to make them beneficiaries of their Will. CRT licence fees going up again this year. Yes, for both types of C&RT Boat Licence, . . the genuine, mandatory Licences for the canals, and the phony ones they sell as 'Rivers only Licences' with VAT fraudulently added to and collected on what is in fact a registration fee as opposed to a licence fee, and which, according to both the EA and more importantly, HMR&C, does NOT attract VAT.
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Post by metanoia on Feb 15, 2019 19:11:28 GMT
Been a glorious day in London today. Seemed rude not to so I had a little cruise east-west Limehouse to Kensal Green. 9am-5pm. Everything worked. Even the locks. Enough water about and the sun was amazing. Glorious. Belting in fact. Really nice. Beer shops had stock so nobody brexit panic buying yet. And no-one else about yet ………….. bliss xxx
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 19:13:29 GMT
Yes I had sole use of the entire length of the Regents section of the Grand Union apart from a couple of the zoo trip boats. Most pleasing
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Post by metanoia on Feb 15, 2019 19:19:22 GMT
CRT licence fees going up again this year. Yes, for both types of C&RT Boat Licence, . . the genuine, mandatory Licences for the canals, and the phony ones they sell as 'Rivers only Licences' with VAT fraudulently added to and collected on what is in fact a registration fee as opposed to a licence fee, and which, according to both the EA and more importantly, HMR&C, does NOT attract VAT. <iframe width="29.4000000000001" height="5.18000000000001" id="MoatPxIOPT0_91737402" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; left: 15px; top: -5px; width: 29.4px; height: 5.18px; position: absolute; z-index: -9999;"></iframe> <iframe width="29.4000000000001" height="5.18000000000001" id="MoatPxIOPT0_88218862" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; left: 1405px; top: -5px; width: 29.4px; height: 5.18px; position: absolute; z-index: -9999;"></iframe> <iframe width="29.4000000000001" height="5.18000000000001" id="MoatPxIOPT0_15910646" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; left: 15px; top: 197px; width: 29.4px; height: 5.18px; position: absolute; z-index: -9999;"></iframe> <iframe width="29.4000000000001" height="5.18000000000001" id="MoatPxIOPT0_95834443" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; left: 1405px; top: 197px; width: 29.4px; height: 5.18px; position: absolute; z-index: -9999;"></iframe> Have always wondered about the VAT element. Apologies if it's been done to death but I often think that as I live aboard why should I pay it? Is there VAT on council tax? - probably....
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 19:26:07 GMT
I just think its quite amazing you can pay a few hundred quid and have access to a couple of thousands of miles of inland waterways in this wonderful country. That's if you have a narrow boat. Even without a narrow boat there is a hell of a lot of water to explore either up north or down south.
It has always appeared to me to be some sort of stunning bargain.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 19:30:23 GMT
I just think its quite amazing you can pay a few hundred quid and have access to a couple of thousands of miles of inland waterways in this wonderful country. That's if you have a narrow boat. Even without a narrow boat there is a hell of a lot of water to explore either up north or down south. It has always appeared to me to be some sort of stunning bargain. You mean with a 20 ft NB? There is no licence on the sea. Forty years ago people would have laughed at anyone paying to moor overnight,, or buying water in bottles. I could fish most rivers in the UK, and camp where I like, a shotgun licence was purchased at the Post Office. That was what I liked about this country, now it seems I have to be rigorous to avoid prosecution. OK taxation was a bit higher, but my standard of living was just about the same as it is now, and my doctor came out to see me when I had suspected appendicitis at 2,00 am.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 19:35:44 GMT
I've never paid to moor overnight when out boating.
One of my fleet is on a residential mooring which attracts mooring fees but other than that there really is no need to be paying to moor a boat.
Maybe I should have said "less than a thousand pounds a year which includes moorings" rather than a few hundred.
Still a massive bargain considering what you can do.
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Post by metanoia on Feb 15, 2019 19:42:16 GMT
I just think its quite amazing you can pay a few hundred quid and have access to a couple of thousands of miles of inland waterways in this wonderful country. That's if you have a narrow boat. Even without a narrow boat there is a hell of a lot of water to explore either up north or down south. It has always appeared to me to be some sort of stunning bargain. Ssshhh…. don't tell them all x LOADS to moan about with CaRNT but I always maintain my licence is so well worth the money really. What a lovely way to live - set off for just six months twelve years ago and ..................….
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Post by metanoia on Feb 15, 2019 19:44:23 GMT
.… but I DID get conned on the Thames a couple of years back for £8.50 on the lock landing in January when one of the locals grassed me up …. never again!! x
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 19:45:39 GMT
Forty years ago people would have laughed at anyone paying to moor overnight,, or buying water in bottles. I could fish most rivers in the UK, and camp where I like, a shotgun was purchased at the Post Office. That was what I liked about this country, now it seems I have to be rigorous to avoid prosecution. Things have changed over the last 40 years. One of those things is we have all been subject to ageing. I for example was born in 1974 and I am now 14 years old and not intending to age any more. I like being a teenager. Houses have become stupidly expensive. Even since Tiny Blur got in in 1997 the house prices to earnings ratio has tripled. And that's only 22 years. Shocking. And some waterways have working infrastructure. Truly shocking indeed.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 19:45:50 GMT
Forty years ago many northern rivers weren't fishable.
They certainly are now.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 15, 2019 19:47:14 GMT
I've never paid to moor overnight when out boating. One of my fleet is on a residential mooring which attracts mooring fees but other than that there really is no need to be paying to moor a boat. Maybe I should have said "less than a thousand pounds a year which includes moorings" rather than a few hundred. Still a massive bargain considering what you can do. I am not sure how I can boat on your inland waters and not pay for mooring, it may be disguised as a licence fee, but it still has to be paid for. I reckon the true cost of a mooring on the canal is about £200: some water and some attachment to some land. The cost of a sea mooring is twice that: Crown Estates takes a whack and the rest is hardware plus costs. Years ago we paid for the ground tackle and did it ourselves, about £100, per annum, if that. I can't sail wherever I like and drop an anchor because of marinas, fish farms and payasyouuse moorings are in all the good anchorages.
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Post by metanoia on Feb 15, 2019 19:47:24 GMT
Forty years ago I was young and lovely …….
but didn't do much (enough??!!!) fishing ….
walk your own path …….
Met x
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