River Thames plans approved despite protest

Anybody spoken to the local pub landlord ?

H.mm suspect this is pretty much a very hot potato down that way.However if the locals can come up with an alternate way of providing a few hundred grand in capital for the vendors,several K of business rates for the council, a method of providing perhaps a dozen jobs on site and no doubt a fair bit of trade for the local shop/pub/resturants ,the council will be all ears !
 
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Well, I need to be a little careful because I live around here. But all (both?) of the hire boats I have seen from what I think is the company involved are scruffy to say the least. Perhaps I am mistaken and it is a different company. Or maybe they are waiting for the relocation before investing in new boats.

My primary thought is that it will never work because there won't be sufficient customers. But, as I've said before, I'm all for increased boating up here. Even if the National Trust, (of which I'm a member and supporter), don't agree in this case.

One more thing, I had thought that if my premium bond came up I'd love to buy that old water treatment place for a house. I hope this isn't some other buggers way of stealing my idea and getting a house past local planning authorities...

Thanks anyway for replying oldgit :-)
 
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Apologies if this has been posted before but I've not heard about it until now and I'm fairly local.
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Remember seeing something about this earlier this year.

Guardian Report

Cotswold Boat Hire, which bought the site at auction from Thames Water for around £400,000, currently operates from a small boatyard that it rents next to a pub about a mile away. The company said that it would have to give up its present site in the near future, and argues that unless it moves to a new venue boat enthusiasts will be denied the chance to enjoy a beautiful stretch of the Thames from the river. "There are no other boat companies at this end of the Thames," said Shirley Wheeler who, along with her husband, Greg, has run the company for 21 years. "It's nice to see boats going down the river. But you can't have boats if they don't set off from somewhere. We are part of the community and we want to be here for the long term."
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Thanks for the link Tony. 'Megan' is frequently occupied by people who have clearly been in the pub for hours and are too pissed to control her:

http://www.cotswoldboat.co.uk/daycruisers.htm

And with a wake that would send some forum members in to a tantrum.

Edit to add - the last time I saw 'Dancer' she was piloted by some ladies with their children and the local locks were on at least yellow boards. I overtook Dancer but later, while moored at the Swan, Radcott, was one of the crowd who watched the boat get taken by the strong current and twice bashed amidships in to the stone bridge. I feel like a poseur saying 'admidships' LOL.
 
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