A great idea—but...

IN THEORY a boat handling passport is a great idea, not so easy in practice, especially with the large numbers of guests who come from overseas to spend time (and money) on our canals.

 

Unfortunately, as in all walks of life there are the responsible citizens, and the irresponsible ones who are just out for a lark, get drunk and do damage to cars, buses, pubs, hotel rooms, gardens, childrens' playgrounds, football grounds etc., writes Linda Andrews of Cheshire Cat Holidays.

Booked through agencies

Regrettably some of these latter find their way onto the canals, often booked with the larger companies through agencies, as the small family firms who handle their own bookings generally manage to weed them out.

If anyone has the answer, we'd all love to know what it is