31st July
The Sonning moorings are a little confusing now. The signs tell you to ring a number to pay for your night's stay. When you ring it, a voice message tells you to put your £10 in the post box provided on the fence, together with date and name of boat and tells you the proceeds go to charity. Which one I wonder? There are CCTVs to check on you, but I wonder how many boaters just don't bother with their payment.
Then at Dorchester where we have moored free of charge before downstream of Day's lock in a beautiful setting, there are now private property signs for half of the bank, therefore restricting the amount of mooring spaces, after these signs you are allowed to moor but charged. It is fair enough I suppose if the land is privately owned, but we can't help but think the amount of free moorings is dwindling fast on the Thames - there were never that many in the first place.
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The Sonning moorings are a little confusing now. The signs tell you to ring a number to pay for your night's stay. When you ring it, a voice message tells you to put your £10 in the post box provided on the fence, together with date and name of boat and tells you the proceeds go to charity. Which one I wonder? There are CCTVs to check on you, but I wonder how many boaters just don't bother with their payment.
Then at Dorchester where we have moored free of charge before downstream of Day's lock in a beautiful setting, there are now private property signs for half of the bank, therefore restricting the amount of mooring spaces, after these signs you are allowed to moor but charged. It is fair enough I suppose if the land is privately owned, but we can't help but think the amount of free moorings is dwindling fast on the Thames - there were never that many in the first place.
worth all the fuss though:
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