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Historic county ferry up for sale
Thursday 8th January 2009, 4:35PM GMT.
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I know this ferry well but I don’t understand what he is selling. He is not selling the “business” because he has been advised not to sell that – so just exactly, what is he selling, the wooden ferry itself or what because if that is all he is selling, he has some hope. I wouldn’t give a fig for the pontoon let alone £50,000 and how can it operate if he is not selling the “business”. Very strange but when one considers that apart from the more frequent flooding that occurs, this could be a lucrative little earner in the summer. But £50,000 ?
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Not only was it out of action while it was being restored, but I seem to recall it was also out of action because the owner was ill for a period. This was after considerable public effort and support was made to get this ferry back up and running again. Now, we hear that its apparently the enforced shutdown of the SVR which has done for it.
It’s no one’s business if he is fed up of the whole thing and wants to get rid of it – I doubt its the goldmine some people think it is, and I should think its very hard to sustain a decent living when you must live off the proceeds that are made in the summer season!
So if he’s had enough, I say good luck to him. But let’s not blame everything on the lack of operation of the railway eh? If you don’t want to do something any more then no one should criticise you for it. And maybe there is someone out there who can make a better go if it – who knows?
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