We've been watching some canal boat videos , especially by a chap who has taken to living on a boat and cruising around, he is very informative about his life on his narrow boat, though he has spent an enormous amount of money it seems to me by fitting it out and paying for all the licence etc.. One thing that occurred to me in his videos is that he doesn't make one single mention of what I think must be fairly obvious to anyone contemplating that life and that is its obvious dangers. There must be an ever present risk surely of accidents in and around the boat, not to mention the risks from all the combustibles on board. Out of curiosity I thought I would search how many accidents there have been on the canals in the UK over the last few years, I then discovered a chap had sent in a very extensive list of enquiries to the waterways people, which after 4 years they have still not answered, they did quote £400 to deal with the enquiry. But is seems to me those statistics should be centrally available, it is a matter of public importance. Canal use is now big business.
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