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Hairingtons
@Howard is correct, i moor further out now. i spent about 2 years in central/east london as i was working in hospitals all along the river lea and i navigated from cheshunt to alperton. it was a fucking PITA and i also loathe the people of east and central london (ok, fine, all people) with the passion of a thousand burning suns so when we sold up and our new boat ended up getting craned in at watford, we just stayed that side of london. it's idyllic. mooring in country parks and aquadromes, passing marinas at least once a month to stock up on things like coal and kindling and gas and diesel and get the toilet emptied, good trainsport links from all 3 of the met line forks and national rail. well worth the extra time it takes to get in. the people are also nicer and there's fewer of them (east is just a rat race with no facilities and no space and everyone's bloody rude). i have no mooring fees, i just pay the licence on the boat annually, plus insurance. no biggie. as i've said before though, boating isn't for everyone, especially continuous cruising. the crt are far less of a ballache this side of london though.