WHO is my Neighbour? Whoever happens to be on the next boat.
Thus the concept of neighbourliness is subject to a never-ending carousel of moving at intervals to another location.
A "boater", by my definition, is someone who lives on a floating device which may (or may not!) be used as permanent, temporary or occasional living accommodation but who does not necessarily know it's a boat. I have been known to say, venomously, that "a 'boater' is someone who would be a sailor if he knew anything". I've met a few of those, totally deluded by the idea that they know it all.
I link well with boaters and 'sailors' who, like myself, came in from the sea.
Then there is a "part-time boater", an owner of a [canal] boat who does not use it to its optimum. In 2017, there was a boat lying near Dodsworth, purchased a few miles upriver by someone believed to be from "London", who having paid for it and taken it a short few miles decided he did not really like boating and walked away from it, later trying to foist it BACK on the seller.
There are hundreds of boats around the system with similar storys to tell. There are 'boaters' who, when the weather gets nippy, take their selves ashore and return at 'intervals' to move the boat to another "location". There are those who 'winter' their boats at moorings, handing over wads wads to the authority or a marina or an enterprising riparian owner for the 'privilege' of not having to move during the cold months. Even those are subdivided into boaters who live aboard and 'boaters' who don't. I am not disparaging any of my neighbours in any way. I love you all and would not have it any other way.
Thus the concept of neighbourliness is subject to a never-ending carousel of moving at intervals to another location.
A "boater", by my definition, is someone who lives on a floating device which may (or may not!) be used as permanent, temporary or occasional living accommodation but who does not necessarily know it's a boat. I have been known to say, venomously, that "a 'boater' is someone who would be a sailor if he knew anything". I've met a few of those, totally deluded by the idea that they know it all.
I link well with boaters and 'sailors' who, like myself, came in from the sea.
Then there is a "part-time boater", an owner of a [canal] boat who does not use it to its optimum. In 2017, there was a boat lying near Dodsworth, purchased a few miles upriver by someone believed to be from "London", who having paid for it and taken it a short few miles decided he did not really like boating and walked away from it, later trying to foist it BACK on the seller.
There are hundreds of boats around the system with similar storys to tell. There are 'boaters' who, when the weather gets nippy, take their selves ashore and return at 'intervals' to move the boat to another "location". There are those who 'winter' their boats at moorings, handing over wads wads to the authority or a marina or an enterprising riparian owner for the 'privilege' of not having to move during the cold months. Even those are subdivided into boaters who live aboard and 'boaters' who don't. I am not disparaging any of my neighbours in any way. I love you all and would not have it any other way.
"The Cut Is The Longest, Friendliest Village In England"
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Survival at All Costs
Or at No Cost At All
