Informal moorings above Day's lock

It's nice to know that perhaps the new owner is not quite the pile-of-poo that he was made out to be.
Quite often happens when new folks but property / land and do what they want without considering existing usage.

I note that the article mentions access to boaters as well. So maybe a win situation all round?
 
The Friends of Dorchester and Little Wittenham Open Spaces said this today on their FB page;

Mooring at Days Lock Meadow, and along the Thames at Dorchester.
"As the weather improves the boating community are contacting us in dismay about the loss of mooring at a very popular and much loved location. We don't have a definitive answer about mooring, save to report the unpleasant exchanges that have occurred since October when the farm changed hands. Certainly the new barbed wire fencing at Days Lock makes no provision for boats, but there was a narrow boat moored last weekend, so if you are wishing to moor, we would recommend you contact the agent for the farm who will no doubt be able to give you the definitive position. as of this morning there was also a boat moored above the Thame/Thames confluence. If anyone does get a clear response we would be happy to publish it to ensure it is widely shared
He is Luke Winham and his email is lwinham@visionresidences.co.uk"
 
I rang the number on the signs back in early June. You can moor on the first bit of meadow for £8. Above this is no mooring so about 15 mooring spaces lost there. Below by the Thame entrance no restrictions on mooring above the Thame but there was a barbed wire fence stopping access to the field. Below the Thame entrance two obvious good mooring places on the meadow.
 
I think the last couple of years that would not have been a problem if you were prepared to pay £8 fee, and sit on your boat and have no dogs aboard. Effectively that meadow was fenced off and it had cows (& I thought a bull), and you couldn't get out. We saw people climbing the fence though. We prefer the bit immediately above the Thame entrance, and that meadow had barbed wire separating the meadow from the footpath, so I'm hoping this may be the area opened up. A walk is needed when lockdown eases to see what the situation is.
 
We used to go up almost opposite the ponds. During the summer months the bull was always there and was soft as cotton wool. The stockman who has now passed away used to bring the bull up to us and he was just putty, the bull that is. The old farmer unfortuatly many years ago lost a bull in the lock chamber.
So are you refering to yet an other new owner or is it the same one that had some connection as a financial controller of some well know organisation?
 
Big John said:
We used to go up almost opposite the ponds. During the summer months the bull was always there and was soft as cotton wool. The stockman who has now passed away used to bring the bull up to us and he was just putty, the bull that is. The old farmer unfortuatly many years ago lost a bull in the lock chamber.
So are you refering to yet an other new owner or is it the same one that had some connection as a financial controller of some well know organisation?
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It's reported there is a new owner, following the previous UKIP director one.
 
A friend of mine moored there today and was promptly asked to move on.

Apparently they’ve applied for a licence to allow moorings, but it hasn’t arrived yet.
I assume that means that they’ll be charging
 
It sounds like someone is asking the land owner for a contract to collect mooring fees. Maybe that's what they meant by "license".

Land owners don't need a license for moorings with no constructions. However if they were looking at installing landing stages or jetties then yes they would need an accomodation license from the EA.

Its intriguing. I wouldn't have thought there would be much money in it as it is not an especially busy mooring and although it is pleasant it's not quite the same thing as Henley in terms of visitor numbers.
 
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