See story below- protests by canal rivers ass-

Makes it difficult to move bt with their attacks due to them causn=sing upset damage worry- emotional trauma-to us- also this affects boat and causes issues- delays moving boat due to their attacks and affects  our plans-we are not robots-we did all the ‘rights things’apid licence fees and engine maintanance-theyy also refuse to get it fixed despite membershi of river canal recue- their job not ours. so they have no reasn to attack us- thefts of ourtime andm -money and emotional abuse two years – now our boat and accomodations?

s and G Khan – Mcintyre

The Canal and Rivers Trust is currently carrying out enforcement proceedings against 45 boat owners who have been refused further licences because of repeated failures to travel sufficiently. According to CRT, it is currently instructing solicitors to seek court orders to seize the boats in 15 cases. Two canal boats have already been removed from the water and destroyed.

CRT believes the education of children or the need to travel to work are not good enough reasons to allow a reduction in cruising distances.

Published CRT guidance to boaters specifically states: “Unacceptable reasons for staying longer than 14 days in a neighbourhood or locality are a need to stay within commuting distance of a place of work or of study (eg a school or college).”