Thursday, April 13, 2006
Yet again, stuck on the Rochdale
Well, it's getting to the point now where we might as well move to Cornwall. We've been stuck on the Rochdale minus any comment, assistance, contact or updates from British Waterways for a year now, well, minus ten days or so.
The Rochdale breach may or may not be open in May, June, July or August or never. Who knows? BW doesn't seem to be bothered, their last update was in November of 2005. And at that time we'd been unable to leave the canal for six months.
It wouldn't be so bad if they were even-handed in their treatment of boaters. However, this is simply not the case. We're inconvenient. We're owners of a 70' boat on a canal that is nominally capable of taking a 72' boat in the locks, but there are hardly any of the 'official' winding holes that can even handle a full-length boat now. There are only two 70' boats on the Rochdale, and only one of them actually makes any travels. Or would if we could.
We've been told in no uncertain terms that we're not eligible for craning as it's just 'not going to happen' That's an acutal quote from the BW 'customer service' people. Other boats in a hurry to get off the canal due to being from elsewhere got craned out last year at the same time we were being told we were not eligible to be moved so we could actually go somewhere.
BW, thanks again. We've been sitting here for a year now. We took our summer holiday last year in a caravan in Cornwall or else we'd have been sitting here. And we're still sitting here. And sitting. And we'll be sitting till the cows come home apparently as there are NO DAMN UPDATES on the Waster... sorry Waterscape site. NONE. Oh wait, the one last November has a familiar sound to it. I wrote most of it and sent it to you! Free updates.
We pay our license. We pay a LOT license. For what?
At this point we're either ready to crane the boat out and sit on the quayside, sell it or just refuse to pay a license until everyone ahead of us in the queue pays theirs. That should take a while.
The Rochdale breach may or may not be open in May, June, July or August or never. Who knows? BW doesn't seem to be bothered, their last update was in November of 2005. And at that time we'd been unable to leave the canal for six months.
It wouldn't be so bad if they were even-handed in their treatment of boaters. However, this is simply not the case. We're inconvenient. We're owners of a 70' boat on a canal that is nominally capable of taking a 72' boat in the locks, but there are hardly any of the 'official' winding holes that can even handle a full-length boat now. There are only two 70' boats on the Rochdale, and only one of them actually makes any travels. Or would if we could.
We've been told in no uncertain terms that we're not eligible for craning as it's just 'not going to happen' That's an acutal quote from the BW 'customer service' people. Other boats in a hurry to get off the canal due to being from elsewhere got craned out last year at the same time we were being told we were not eligible to be moved so we could actually go somewhere.
BW, thanks again. We've been sitting here for a year now. We took our summer holiday last year in a caravan in Cornwall or else we'd have been sitting here. And we're still sitting here. And sitting. And we'll be sitting till the cows come home apparently as there are NO DAMN UPDATES on the Waster... sorry Waterscape site. NONE. Oh wait, the one last November has a familiar sound to it. I wrote most of it and sent it to you! Free updates.
We pay our license. We pay a LOT license. For what?
At this point we're either ready to crane the boat out and sit on the quayside, sell it or just refuse to pay a license until everyone ahead of us in the queue pays theirs. That should take a while.
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