On 30 Jul 2010 at 7:03pm robert wrote:
I am no lawyer but my understanding isthat you can use a river anywhere butyou cannot launch or retrieve from the river without the landowner's permission.
So you did have the right to pass through.
This makes sense if you consider the river as a flowing body of water, the landowner cant possibly own that!
In Scotland you can launch or retreive anywhere as there are no laws of tresspass.
Robert
On 30 Jul 2010 at 7:37pm ooo wrote:
Is the w*nker from the Anchor shouting at boats again. No he doesn't own the river...the fish do. Just tell him to do one he's properly mental. Got to love the warm welcome of the NO PICNICS sign as you drive up.
Let's organise a mass picnic/boating outing there one day and watch him have a melt down.
On 30 Jul 2010 at 7:42pm sashimi wrote:
I think you will find that in England you can paddle through in the reaches of the river where it is tidal. You need the permission of the landlord of one or other bank to use the river where it isn't tidal. In Scotland the law is different.
On 30 Jul 2010 at 9:33pm Down and Out wrote:
Well, you live and learn, sashimi. I never knew that but having looked it up, you're quite right - although certain non-tidal rivers, like most of the non-tidal Thames, have established rights of navigation.
It seems utterly absurd that a moving body of water can be private. I can see that the Winterbourne Stream, where it goes through people's gardens for example, shouldn't be navigable, but I think that major rivers should be open access. The Ouse at The Anchor can hardly be more than a dozen miles from the sea.
On 31 Jul 2010 at 10:31am www wrote:
presumably other land owners own other stretches of the river then....but only anchor w*nker sees it as a problem. Get uff my land etc pathetic
On 31 Jul 2010 at 11:30am Down and Out wrote:
As far as I can see, being on a river without navigable rights is an act of trespass, but trespass is not a criminal offence. So Will Ferrell can shout at you and use 'reasonable force to make you leave, but that's about it. He could sue you but if you don't 'damage' the river it wouldn't be worth the cost.
On 31 Jul 2010 at 11:34am TeDeum wrote:
What is interesting about the Anchor Inn, Barcombe is that it has no rights to navigation on the river. The only navigation rights that have ever been granted on the non-tidal part of the Sussex Ouse were granted specifically for narrow boats used for trade, as the Kayaking Union found out when they got their lawyers to look into it. The Anchor Inn has never been granted distinct rights for their pleasure boats abd the landlord has no documentation to prove otherwise. Simon Thomas would be wise to bear this in mind when he uses power boats on the river. If the landowners upstream (Sutton Hall, Boathouse Farm, Isfield Place) decided to they could easily put an end to the Anchor's boating business.
On 1 Aug 2010 at 6:46pm Dodgers wrote:
What I want to know is who are the of tattoed bunch of wierdos who live in the messy cottage at the end of this pubs river side eating area? Ive never seen such a load of low life twats before. I wonder if good ole boy Will is collecting rent and if so if he is declaring it?
On 1 Aug 2010 at 9:22pm Brixtonbelle wrote:
The anchor inn landlord has NO RIGHTS to the river or its usage. All he can do is limit the car parking in his car park to those using his pub, and prevent launching from his bank. He cannot stop anyone canoeing or using the other bank to picnic. The only problem is that he has the only parking close to the river if you are bringing a boat to launch from the bank there, so boaters would have to paddle from up or downstream.
I would love to see his face if there was a mass 'boating and picnic' protest. I hear his gun and licence were taken away from him by the police as well after the previous 'incidnet' with the so-called 'burglars'.
On 1 Aug 2010 at 11:06pm NotThisOneAgain wrote:
There is nothing to stop anyone driving on to the bridge over the river at the end of Anchor Lane and unloading their canoe onto the bank opposite the Anchor (owned by Boathouse Farm). The road, track and bridge are not owned by the Anchor and the Sussex branch of the British Canoe Union have arranged official portage with Boathouse Farm. Once the canoe is unloaded the vehicle can be parked on the verge just up from the Anchor car park or at any number of similar public spaces further up Anchor Lane. You might have to move Mr Thomas's "No Picnics" sign to gain access to the unowned track in front on the Anchor leading to the bridge (you could be forgiven for not seeing it and running it over).
Mr Thomas prefers to pay and receive cash for most things and it can only be a matter of time before the tax man takes an interest.The Anchor's VAT returns will be similarly interesting.
The police have removed Mr Thomas's gun licence as he took a pot shot through an upstairs pub window at someone he imagined was tampering with his boats. Sussex is safer for it.
On 2 Aug 2010 at 11:31am Annette Curtin-Twitcher wrote:
I'd love to see a mass picnic on the other bank, that would be brilliant.
We could have a mass trespass down at Barcombe Mills while we're at it.
Someone I know told me they were goign to rent that cottage a couple of years ago, but changed their minds when they realised how noisy it would be in the summer, so I guess they're tenants.
On 3 Aug 2010 at 1:47pm Ratty wrote:
Check out the pub reviews for the Anchor on beerintheevening.com
beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/15/15020/Anchor/Barcombe
It would be funny if it wasn't so sad to see.
On 4 Aug 2010 at 8:39am Taff wrote:
Sorry to go off topic. The Trevor Arms at Glynde cant have that good reviews these days either.
On 4 Aug 2010 at 12:34pm TAFKAPS wrote:
Nought wrong with The Trevor! Anyone up for Glyndestock!
On 4 Aug 2010 at 2:02pm MC wrote:
There was some sort of mass camping down at the Anchor the weekend before last (the signs billed it as "Fun Camping Weekend"). I assume it was with the sayso of the Anchor as the tents were pitched in the Anchor overspill car park.
I went to the Trevor Arms at Glynde quite recently. It seemed fine to me.