Getting tough!

So BW are getting tough! Looking through the latest Canal Boat magazine and it seems as if every other report is relating to a new idea of some kind to 'get tough' on a different user group! Well most of them make sense in my opinion but why oh why are BW still even contemplating the idea of a surcharge for continuous cruisers? This just makes no sense whatsoever and is totally unfair and unjustified. Most CCers themselves agree there is a problem with a minority of people who consistently overstay on moorings but what a sledge hammer to crack a nut! Genuine CCers cruise as I understand it - have I missed something or is that not what the canals are actually all about. I envy them for doing what the canal system was designed to do. Most are retired and simply want a slower pace of cruising a few hours and then mooring up for a day or two - these are the people who can probably least afford a surcharge. It seems to me it's like paying tax for a car and having to pay extra if you actually want to drive it anywhere!! Please BW - get real and wake up on this one. You would have thought they would have learnt their lesson with the rediculous bollard fiasco. Apparently they now admit it was as a result of talking to H & S 'experts' without consulting boaters. Well that wasted £1.7m of our money - don't waste any more and start listening! Whatever the cure for continuous moorers - the K & A would be a good place to start! Spending 3 hours looking for a mooring that isn't unnoccupied by people who have clearly been there for years and spending one and a half hours on tickover to pass tarpauline clad rusting hulks clearly demonstrates a problem!

A beautiful day today - shorts all day! I managed to take some lovely pictures of the marina.

including this one of K2 feeling at home and lying peacefully waiting for her next trip.

....and on climbing up a hill, was able to take this shot of my truck in its natural surroundings!

I also managed to pop into Rugby and get some shopping - boring things like a new pair of shoes for work! Rubbed down and painted the scratch on my name panel from my summer trip - a good job but it needs another coat or two. Cleaned/hoovered the boat and generally did loads of chores. Tomorrow I hope to take Simba off for a walk if the weather is as good as today.