Real narrowboat living battle with CRT - Off the Cut 

I'm a continuous cruiser. Never had an issue with CRT. Once had an engine problem. Informed them. No problems. Not saying CRT doesn't have an agenda regarding making money. Canals cost. And there all looking after themselves. Living on the road for 38 years met many like this.( travellers) everything for nothing. Everyone against them. How about other boater's who want to moor..... Bit of give and take.

Oh come on the CRT website says the range needed for the licence is 20 miles in a year as far as I can tell. About 0.38 miles a week. If you need to remail in one place then get a home mooring. Simple.

You good folks need to get that public administrator down to the river and have dinner on the boats with him so he can know you and see you. Paper notices are not efficient. Face to face conversations are much better. Once he sees the families, children, pets, and ingenuity, he will begin to have compassion. Great video. Tried to sign petition but does not take my zip code.

Basically, it looks like the CRT don't want the water version of a piece of inland waste ground littered with caravans and ford transit pickups. Can't see the problem myself.

Panda and cub. Nuff said. Let me draw attention to their accents. Very well spoken. Rich parents, safety net. They are playing at life whilst you and I live it.

im a live aboard boater, and live in a marina. These people who moan on and on about the CRT and continuous cruising...well I have little sympathy. If you have a family and school to consider then you cant be a continuous cruiser..if you want to remain say 5-6 miles from a base you cant...Marinas are not that expensive...55p to 70p per foot per week +vat..I pay around £3000 per year... for that I get all handy facilities..water..shop..power if I want it...I can come and go as I please, take off for a couple of weeks of peaceful cruising then come back....total freedom. The CRT give me no hassle at all...and my boat/home is safe.Its the hillbilly types who want it all and pay little or preferably nothing, and live in a heap of junk who are the problem.

This is going the same way as it went with the land travellers.

I think the only way to solve this is to provide affordable housing or affordable moorings. The continuous cruiser argument is never going to work if you really want to live in the same place. Are you mooring to break your journey or journeying to move your mooring?

The condition of the boats in this film speak volumes ? No mention of boat safety certificates or insurance here !

Just heard the comment 'We are not a public body' in response to the question about Human Rights Act. CRT appear to be acting as a public body and hide behind being a charity? Housing Associations up and down the country are not for profit organisations but are still accountable under the Human Rights Act. The live-aboard community could be classed as part of the travelling community who have been recognised by law as a minority group. It should be for a court to decide if someone is to be evicted from land or canal. If CRT are removing boats that people live in without a court order then they are probably breaking the law themselves. It seems that when it comes to it CRT are not able to carry out their threat of removing a live-aboard boat as they probably know they do not have the power to do so and don't want to test the case in law as they do not feel the court would act in their favour.

People who abuse the system by living on one short stretch of water ruin boating for everyone. London and Bath have become nose to tail floating gypsy camps. It's pure selfishness to expect to be able to stay wherever you like almost indefinitely. No one has the right to do. People like this give genuine continuous cruisers a bad name. If you are confined to one area by work, school, health issues or any other reason then you should not be allowed a CC licence. They were intended for people who wish to explore the network, not for people looking for a cheap way of living in some of the UK's most expensive cities, to the detriment of everyone else.

*That may well be a very green approach to powering a barge, but what happens when you come to an uphill bit ?*

I don't really think that moving 2 odd miles a month is a problem, But, in saying that it is highly likely that our lovely wonderful government hates the thought that someone somewhere is "off grid"

i don't blame them. if people don't try to skirt the rules they would not have to define and redefine the rules. keeping your boat in running order and meet minimum standard is a must.

I can't really see the issue with what the CRT are doing. If van travellers ( gypsies ) set up camp on someone's street. The homeowners would want them moved. The people shown in this video seem to be like traveller's. There's live aboard canal boaters who have jobs and manage to contribute. It seems these people aren't bringing anything to the local area. Their boats don't look well maintained and they take over the tow path with chairs, tables, junk.

The laws need to be sorted for CC Narrowboaters as the C&RT will continue to just make it up as they go, they just seem to be interested in lining there pockets, selling assets, holiday boaters & marinas.

This poor lady should not be harrasseed as long as democracy liberty and freedom reigns in this country.

At the end of the day these folks living rent free. Free water, free toilet dump. Just obey the rules. They are there to help everyone live as they wish.

It is a very simple rule to follow, just move as you are should.. People like this want to live outside the rules but the problem is we end up creating rules because of people like this... Live in peace and conform

Whilst I have great sympathy for these people, such action can be avoided by doing a bit of travel occasionally. I support any self-created community in Britain, but if they organised they could travel as a group to meet the 'continuous cruising' requirement. I wonder whether this rule is designed to stop groups of boaters just setting up home permanently in an area, which appears reasonable, as it seems most here want. Perhaps small residential marinas are needed. Loved the time lapse of the dog, very creative. The child should have been only in the background, only spoken of and not taken part.

I’m really confused, this video was from 2017 but the licence in the window was only valid to 2015... people that decide to be constant cruisers should just be constant cruisers and travel at least the minimum guidance of 20 miles. Do people in the video do this? and not over stay and travel far enough. Maybe also keep their boats smarter so they don’t look like rubbish dumps. Also they are entitled to remove the boat from the water if you are t licensed. Such rubbish and propaganda by people here. The arguments against London is plain wrong, the canal is totally overcrowded by people that are clearly not constant cruising. It takes a long way to get to revoke licences and to have boats removed. It doesn’t happen over night.

WHAT a woman ✊🏼 RESPECT 😆

As long as they follow our guidance which does not specify a minimum distance , try argue that in court - clear as mud .

you can quote all the European rules if you like it doesn't really matter because the CRT will be the CRT and if you don't move your boat you will get in trouble, Simple that's want signed on for when brought your licence and quoting EU rules in a few years won't matter anyway as by that time the UK would have left it and EU human rights have been voted away.

In the video, she states they have to move every 14 days and she has been on that boat in that area for 12 years. How far has she moved, or has she stayed in the same proximity for all of those years? She also states that she has no control, when on the bike. No wonder her license was supsended!

No problem. As long as the boat folk contribute as much to society as they take from it then it is all good and fair.

No one is aloud to live as a free and natural human being..... Leave these people alone

Stunningly beautiful hair.

Wow that pedal powered gizmo is brilliant! Cool! 😁😁

What doesn't add up is that she's selling up to live in a van, presumably to move and travel, but her whole issue with the CRT is that they're trying to stop her being stationary.

Yes there are 2 sides to this story in fact more than 2 really. First it is wrong that the moving distance / requirements are very vague. But then again I learnt from a very early age that we have to conform as children and indeed all through our lives. Yes we do not like it at times but if honest it has to be like that. The canals were built for the purpose of moving goods etc around. And then came the train and other modes of transport. Thus the decline. The people who lived on them worked very hard indeed. And without much room to live as the boat was used for goods. Later a lot fell into such a state and some disappeared forever. Then various people / groups made the effort and time to get the canals back again. And yes this time for leisure and tourism. That is why we still have them and they exist as they do today. We would all like to live for free. But that is not how the world works. And indeed if everyone felt like that and did it. What would we have? A free for all? No schools, hospitals, Doctors etc etc. Unless you are lucky to win the lottery, rich or whatever that is our lot. I call it the big wheel of life. I love all forms of water including canals. And the history behind them. Who built them and who worked on them. Watching this film and seeing the state / condition of some of these boats. The mess and how the tow paths are being used / taken over. It is not right. It comes across as shameless. After all the water ways and country side are and should be there for all. I can see and understand that their way of life although cheap has other benefits. And in an ideal world fine. Perhaps as a collective / community they need to get together and try and sort the moving of boats out. Another answer might be to try and buy land / marina and run it their way. Although that will most likely be impossible. I see in the comments reference made about Capitalists. Being a realist and thinking about the whole picture. I suppose the capitalist might be 1 in a thousand whom takes a chance. Invent something or what ever and employ people. In some case thousands of people and along the way makes lots of money. The world needs them. If not for them progress would never got off the ground. Yes we need the road sweeper and also the brain surgeon. Both are just as important. But they can not be paid the same. If they were what would be the point of studying all those years to be a brain surgeon. There would be far to many road sweepers. Wright or wrong money and indeed prestige is why people work hard to better / improve their lives. There has to be an incentive. And in most cases that is it. But if we all want what we have today and more so for the future then it has to continue like that. Life is not a fairy tale sadly. But conform has to be the way forward.

We're being ruled, lawed, regulated, legislated, fined & taxed to death, by governments, corporations, organisations, trust. Every aspect of our lives are controlled by someone. Be it work or pleasure, its under some legislation, regulation or law.

I love the canal barges but some people are free loaders they don't shan't to pay for the upkeep of the canals

I can't see a problem, why do some people think that they are a special case. Come on move be normal

Abide by the law .? you don’t pay council tax? Or pay for a mooring

I can see why she's fighting the section 8 but unfortunately if everyone perceived that they were entitled to live on a boat on a canal then the canals would be nose to tail with boats. Not only would this impinge on other boaters it would create an unacceptable social enclave. As she home schooled Cub, there was no reason for her to stay in such a limited area so I really can't fathom why she did. She could have cruised miles and miles and kept within the Cart licence and Cart wouldn't have had s case. I get that boat life is an affordable and romantic option but it does need policing and rules of we aren't too end up with hippy communes

The CRT guy-what a jobs worth!! People like you make this world a bloody miserable place.

Some of these boat crusties talk about their way of life and "the liveaboard community" like they're a representative sample. I've been living aboard for 18 years and they don't represent me and I don't accept their premise that there's any prejudice. The waterways are overcrowded and we're all expected to comply with the same rules. Anyway, it's a very one-sided video - no interviews with the boaters who don't support them. That pedal powered boat could never hope to comply with any continuous cruising rules. If she can't control her boat in a gentle breeze it sort of makes the point that the boat needs an engine, although nobody is going to bother wasting their money installing an engine on that boat. I certainly wouldn't fancy taking it onto a river!

since the CRT cannot give a number of miles you have to travel in order to "comply" they cannot say anyone has not complied. it's like telling some one they are speeding but when asked the speed limit they can't give a number. they can't or won't give a minimum number of miles in order to comply then they cannot say any one didn't comply. no minimum no violation.

Pedal-powered boats should be granted permanent canal rights and a stipend. More inland waterways should be constructed. Such a beautiful way of life should be nurtured and protected. I was too bummed out to continue ...sold the boat ...

Ar 21:31 This woman complains she will have to sell her "peddle" powered boat for half it's insured value. How much could that be? Who would actually pay money for that boat? I hate to bring up the States but here, that child would be placed in protective services.

Maybe these people should pay an annual fee that actually covers the cost of maintaining the waterways.

I live in the US, in a mobile home park, a park that has rules, rules which are enforced. Like keeping your mobile home clean and in good repair. Not having junk in your yard, or cars up on blocks in your driveway. Now there are mobile home parks that don't have rules like this and they look like a third world slum. So yeah, abide by the rules and your good too go. As far as that women trying to pedal her boat, how stupid, those things weigh up to 15 tons. Maybe if was made out of light weight wood. If I was going to use pedal power. I'd use the pedals to power a generator which in torn would drive a prop. Lets be realistic people. Just like any government agency, the CRT sounds like they are doing the best they can. Okay, the CRT guy in this video was a bit of a pounce, like some one else pointed out. One last thing, if all the narrow boaters would band together maybe they could change things. Yeah, I forgot to mention I watch many other narrow boat channels, and none of them seem to have problems. Here is a Gentlemen, on his channel, Cruising the Cut, who explains it very well > ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-k_p70h-Rxps.html. Give it a look.

B. River Thames I’m not going home right now because of

I think they are trying to make it for holidays only.

THE LADY SHOULD NOT DELL THE BOY HIS HOME MIGHT BE TAKEN AWAY HE'S A KID what 6??? AND THEN STOP HIS LEARNING ON TOP OF THAT !!! WHAT SHE'S TO BUSY !!!!?

All rules, including travel distances, should be clear and unambiguous. The CRT needs to sort this out before employing enforcement action. On the other hand, people who treat the canals and adjoining land like a garbage tip deserve to to be promptly ousted.

If you cant pay , GET OFF THE BOAT. All those snowflake wafflers with their sentimental notions of ' community ' . Come on folks , we have to have rules and they must be obeyed

Going by the vid, you have to move every 14 days, but commentators are saying its just once a year if you have a yearly licence, what is it? - if its just once a year then she could get a fellow boater to tow her to another spot.

Cub. ffs

Acts of parliament are only enforceable by CONSENT of the governed. Don't consent

I dont want to work and pay taxes.ill just become a water boat Bum and live off the system that working people pay for

That so sad

Why can't CRT just stipulate the mileage that needs to be cleared.

The little kid eats good

What the CRT is saying is...The canal is for recreational use.....not for living on it!!!! HELLO PEOPLE. Free rent is over.....

If there children go to school, the u can't keep moving that far..how would the children go to school...think there just trying to get rid of some boats to allow newer boats..

What if you have children that use a local school? This is crazy by the Authority.

There not enjoying it anymore cause theres too bloody many of them. Look at the mess on the canal bank at 9mins 31. Its a mess. They are causing major damage to the canal banks when they tie up with pegs and dont have the rope tight enough. Some of the boats look awful and shouldnt be on the canal.

What a load of tosh, free loading. The rules are now being enforced and now you are caught up in it, Grow up. What you want to do is bend the rules, move 1m and shore up again. Jokes, lol. Follow the rules and stop using charity money on this rubbish. As for stretching the 20 miles, what is that based on?, maybe the fact nobody moves more than 1 mile has something to do with it, probably less with a pedal boat, honestly how many miles like that are you going to do, what about locks? There are moorings in Oxford you just need to pay for residential, if that is too expensive then there are 100's of others in cheaper parts of the country. I cannot afford to live in a house in Oxford nor anywhere in the SE / LDN. I don't agree with much in this film, biased outlooks and not a true reflection at all.

you need to get organised and united , these robocops are like a bad splinter in a delicate place

Just to help the guy out for the purpose of the human rights act they are a public body, if they give up there grant and their powers then they wont be but the act is very infectious

This sounds like a copy of the traveller issue. Some awful bigoted and intolerant views being expressed in the comments.

Whilst I agree with the CRT that laws need enforcing, the Inland Waterways Act says you must move every 14 days but as he admitted not by how far. The CRT guy in this video admitted the CRT doesn't have the legal power to tell boaters how far to move but in the next sentence he says this is how far they should move as a minimum. If they don't have the legal authority and then tell people to move a minimum distance the surely that's an illegal instruction and thereby they are acting outside of the purview of the law. Come on guys, don't talk about enforcing the law and then go ahead and act outside of it.

Life is tragic. And these ppl found it out by dealing with the government...life is also limited though...so you only suffer until you expire. Silver lining.

Just posh your boats up into BUSINESSES!!! ...plenty of resources around ...and then invest in some home moorings which can be used in WINTER

Play by the rules, keep your boat in a good working safe condition, don't take over walk ways and land with planting veggies and other lifestyle choices, pay your fees and all will be ok with the World. Take the piss and this happens.

I don’t think I have ever seen a pair of blue jeans look so good in my entire life !!

Seems to me like CRT is trying to prevent its waterways from becoming cluttered shantytowns, without directly coming out and saying it.

I think bad examples of both sides were used in this video as most of the live aboards here were bums living in death traps and the guy representing CRT was an arragant Ponce

I often wondered where all the New age travellers went!

Just follow the rules. See, Isn't that easy.

OK I've watched this right through and for the life of me I can't see the problem. I have just confirmed with the CRT that licencees are just being asked to move a minimum of 20 miles 'within the life of the licence' if they don't have a home mooring. If she has an annual licence, that's 20 miles p.a. With that licence, she avoids paying Council Tax and has access to free amenities. I'm not too upset that her 'way of life' is 'under threat' if that way of life is ignoring very, very mild requirements. And the shameless putting it in terms of the impact on her child... good grief! She is choosing to flout the laid-back rules, therefore she is the one impacting her child!

They want to get the rabble off the canals. Be interesting to see if any of the orders have links with complaints. Eg, standards of boat, those aboard etc

This sequel to "Tales of the Riverbank" certainly has a more gritty feel.

As a professional mariner and lifetime recreational boater, I noticed the lack of care of most of those boats, and the lack of seamanship in their appearance. I suspect those people just prefer boat living because it is cheap, and would pitch a tent on a town common if they could get away with it. As far as moving 15 miles a year, I row my dingy farther than that in a year, just going to and from my sailboat. The sailboat goes far, far greater distances than 20 miles. A boat is a mobile home. If they want to stay in a single place all the time, they should pay for a flat. How much sympathy would they get living in a truck which never moves, parked on the public right of way. It is very similar.

Sorry but these are the people who ruin it for the ones who keep decent looking boats and regard it as their ‘home’. Some of the boats in this film I wouldnt use as a SHED! I am considering retiring to the waterways as I have no savings, house, partner NOTHING, just enough to buy a boat and fit it out. But I will have pride in my boat and respect the letter of the law! Laws are there for a reason, I was a traveller for 7 years and never had any problems. I always ASKED to stay on someones land and 90% of land owners welcomed me as I kept the place clean and tidy and took my rubbish with me. Sorry but these ‘water pikies’ should have their boats CRANED out of a waterway if they break rules! There are always certain people who want to destroy what the genuine people respect and abide by. But ....BUT no one should be homeless, so the ‘offenders’ should be moved to some sort of compound off the waterway, until they decided what to do. CRT should have ‘holding pounds’ (with facilities), if difficult people dont want to move, lock their boat up (with them on it), then maybe they might change their minds!

I think these kinda people are very selfish. Canals are for everyone to enjoy, meaning certain things have to be trade-off or sacrificed for everyone to be happy. They're not alone in this and everyone have to abide by the laws and rules. If you want a permanent spot rent a mooring, it's quiet simple. Can understand why CRT are pushing these kinda people to move 20 miles per year, they don't want shantytowns or surroundings to be destroyed. If 20 miles is such a great sacrifice for them maybe they shouldn't live on a boat. It doesn't cost money to keep things clean and tidy.

Creating a scrap yard on the canal bank is not what narrowboat life should be about. If your boat looks like it’s ready to sink then get a job for a while and make it better for your child’s sake.

If you want to use the waterways then don't let your boat look like a pile of crap. Have some pride in your vessel and stop looking like a sack of shite. These waterways are precious and not just there because you think your spirituality gives you some brownie points with whichever middle earth prince or princess you people believe in. Homeschooling is done by people who have something of value to give a young person. If you name your child stick or willow, or whatever, and you are known as Panda or the pickety witch of the Waterworld, do not expect the system to let you be. Tidy your craft and yourself up and just play the game. Yes, it is a pain, and we all have to do it. You can make it hard or easy. Your choice. But seriously, do tidy up your boat love or else the C&RT will have to torpedo the tub. Mind you that C&RT guy looks like a right reprobate with that dog chain around his neck. I wonder if he likes being known as doggie. I suspect the interviewer didn't know whether to whistle at him or take him for a walk!

Everywhere you live, you pay. You pay for a house, or you pay rent and all the associated costs with go with that. So here we have a group of people without home moorings, who thus fall into the category of continuous cruising, who don't actually continually cruise. They want to live essentially rent free, moving from one 14 day mooring to another and the same general vicinity. If you are moored for more time than you cruise, then that process is not continuous, and is a breach of the Act. C&RT is a statutory authority with a mandate to enforce the rules. If you comply with those rules you wont have an issue. The term continuous cruising means just that; you cruise continually. *It does not mean* that you move from one 14 day mooring to another in the same area, in your quest to live "rent free".

Canals are man made, over two hundred years old and need maintenance. No licence fees no repairs and no water would mean that they would be left sitting in a muddy ditch. Maybe that wouldn't bother them but the rest of us would not like it. They don't move because they want to live without paying. Try camping on the edge of the road or overnight in a layby see what happens!

Should've gone up north. The folk are nicer. This vlog upset me dearly and I won't be venturing to the K &A despite all the lovely live a boards. You should all travel to the Leeds to Liverpool

18:00 it seems pretty cruel to put one's children out of reach of medical support and schools. Surely an inappropriate lifestyle?

I'm a livaboard continuous cruiser, shock horror is that I couldn't agree less with this film. I've been positively welcomed by the CaRT people I've met. I move regularly and have never, ever had any issues (other than the time my licence had fallen off my window, which is kind of fair enough) My personal take on this is that too many people for too long ignored and flouted the rules in the 1995 act of Parliament. These people are now finding that the rules are being enforced, the rules haven't changed. The people saying a distance should be given should realise that when a distance was inputted into the T&Cs people fought against it stating that as no distance is in the 1995 act it couldn't be legally enforceable and so it was removed and the guidance of 15-20 miles inputted. Do people here really feel that 15-20 miles per year is a struggle to comply with? I make that kind of move every two weeks (other than the last 2 months as I needed to stay put to deal with a family crisis. The local enforcement officer stated I would be okay to stay but I paid for a mooring anyway because I like to stay within the spirit of the act) Another shock horror, I manage to hold down a job in a permanent place whilst having a range of around 100 miles a year. Trust me its not gentrification of the system otherwise I would definitely be in enforcement! If you need to stay in one place, you can, pay for a mooring. If you want to cc then move, to comply with the guidance its less than a mile every two weeks. I know hundreds of boaters that manage it. I hate the fact that some parts of the system are difficult for me to use as having two dogs means I don't feel comfortable not being along the tow path so parts of the K&A and London are pretty much no go for me as the numbers of people barely moving means I struggle to get in. I must say though the CaRT employee on the film doesn't really do them any favours. No one I've met from them has come across as quite so pompus and up themselves as he does. Really sorry guys but move it or lose it.

ALL of us live in societies in which laws are passed, good or bad depending on one's point of view. The laws passed that the CRT were (are) trying to comply with (simply having one MOVE their Narrowboat to a different mooring further up or down the canal) really doesn't seem too unreasonable.

Wow seems they also getting Greedy on Water lmao

Wow ! I am an American, so I can understand that many may feel I have no right to comment, but may I offer my observations. What I came away with after watching this video is this. These people for the most part appear to me to be living like Hippies in derelect boats and really don't want to live under anybody's authority but their own. I've seen this type of Liberal mentality many times in my life, where this type of personality truly holds a disdain for rules and regulations. Let's face it, why does this lady complain that she must move her boat every 14 days a reasonable distance, when she has converted her boat to pedal power. If she cannot afford a deisel engine, should every other canal boat user be made to suffer? And did you see the look of these places where these people were staying, "dog patch" doesn't even begin to describe it ! Now . . . if these people want to live in a commune Hippie type setting, that is their choice and freedom to choose so, however, this same choice should not be at the expense of the rest of the boating society, these people should find a bridge somewhere to live under. Sound a little harsh, you bet, but I live in track housing here in America and let me tell you, we all live under the reign and rule of the Home Owners Association, a group which has the power to cite me or even fine me if I do not maintain my home to the standards laid out in our community manual. Now . . . everyone KNOWS full well these rules, as your Estate Agent provides you this information before you buy. I guarantee you, these Hippies know the rules and regulations of the canal waterways as well, but they are trying to bend them as much as possible to accommodate their commune-type lifestyle, all at the detriment to the vast majority who gladly play by the rules. Again . . . I'm an American, perhaps many feel I have zero-right to offer an opinion, but . . . I feel at least my opinion is perhaps even more objective because I live across the pond. These are my thoughts, I know many will disagree, and that is their right. mh And as a brief postscript to my above comments, the woman at the beginning of the film admits she really has very little control over the boat in even a very slight wind, again due to the fact it is pedal powered. Does this not present even a small hazard to all other boaters as she can easily slam into them? Also, and I may be wrong here so forgive me if I am . . . Is her boat a wide beam vessel? If it is, she cannot travel on many of the narrow canals which would further exacerbate her ability to navigate the required distance to meet the Continuous Cruiser license. Again, this all may sound a little harsh but . . . if you cannot afford to properly outfit your vessel , cannot afford to even put an engine in it, you have just become a burden to all the other Boater's who are legally using tne canals, rivers and locks. I'm not trying to be heartless here, but I'm also not willing to ignore or distort the facts. I recently had the very good pleasure to witness England's beautiful Canals and system of Locks when staying in the quaint town of Devizes. I had two very wonderful conversations with a Boater who built a 14 foot homemade boat from 70% recycled material, as well as a passing jogger who kindly answered many of my questions regarding the canals and regulations. I came away feeling that England definitely has its' house in order in the running, refurbishment, and policing of their heritage and waterways. To say I would be proud to live in England and be able to use their waterways would be a gross understatement. mh

Well, how other people live is of no particular concern to others, IF THEY LIVE ON THEIR OWN LAND IN ISOLATION, don't use public roads or ANY other services which they don't pay for, and don't expect others to subsidise them. However this is not possible. There are very few countries where anarchy is encouraged, the UK is not one of them, for very good reasons. They are "entitled" to this that and the other, ie take take take.

It is inappropriate for many of those barges to be on a canal, they ae filthy, tatty and probably dangerous.

Has anyone noticed the elephant in the room? Great doco and my respect to people who chose their own way. But no mention of the obvious reasons that they are getting harassed by the authorities.

Some floating wrecks on this clip

I continuously cruised for my first 8 years of living on my boat. I cruised an average of 300 miles a year travelling mostly round Yorkshire and I stayed 1 to 2 weeks at every stop. I have now had a mooring 6 years, but cruise 9 months of the year... had just one ticket from CRT but was cleared with a phone call ! . This year I spent the winter away from my mooring, fancied a change . I've cruised roughly 70 miles this year up to now.

Most of the boats I have seen in this video have no business being on the water. If you can't move your BOAT 15-20 miles every 2 weeks it is not seaworthy and should not be on the waterway. Most of the boats I have seen are an eyesore. Sellin your boat for less than half of the insure value....and moving into a van WTF how is your way of life not considered child abuse. News Flash you have KIDS this is no way to raise children

A simple way to resolve all this would be to have GPS fitted as part of a Continuous Cruising licence and then it can bee seen if the rules are being met.

I lived next to the boaters in Hackney Wick for 10 years. Many boats would not move and they would trash the surroundings. Their dogs would attack people and many of the boats were just floating scrap yards. There was fires on the tow path and just stuff dumped for everyone else to deal with. It's these type of boaters who kick up a fuss. If these people respected the cruising rule and had some respect for others and the surroundings I don't think CRT would have any issue. Its the dumping of trash, stationary boats, abusive behaviour and general unpleasantness which is the issue. It doesn't cost anything to be tidy and respectful of others. There are a few on the canals who think they are hard done by even though they act like clowns and spoil it for many.

This ‘subset’ of boaters are absolutely taking the piss. They are forcing a ‘charity’ to expend resources on them alone and in company as they continually and purposefully flout the condition of their continuous cruising licence. They had a choice if they did not want to move so that their family lifestyle requirements could be achieved they should pay for a home berth and pay the associated fees and licence. If they cannot afford to do that (home mooring) then they have two responsible choices: 1. Apply for a continuous cruising licence and comply with the conditions by continually cruising and not attempting to flout and turn into a series of home moorings with a just few miles in between. 2. Sell the boat and move ashore. The CRT may not be perfect but this subset of boaters have set out to breach the conditions of a continuous cruising licence, they seek but most surely do not deserve any sympathy. The CRT should act quicker and more firmly with them.

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Dipping eggs good luck to you all love and best wishes cub xxx🤔

Hi everybody I'm not too good at reading and writing but I would like to know that you're all okay and what was the outcome Best wishes to all. 🌟🙏🌟