Last night we were again verbally abused and threatened by the sheriff. He came to the bottom of his garden and asked me if I was moving on tomorrow. I of course said no. I told him that I had phoned BW and confirmed that this was a 14 day mooring and that we would move when it suited us.
He in his arrogance called us disrespectful of other peoples privacy (he is the one who invaded our privacy). He called us arseholes and threatened us saying we picked the wrong man to make an enemy of.
We are not doing anything wrong. The law is on our side. I don't know what has happened to this man in the past, but, it must have been bad. That said there is no reason to be offensive or threatening towards us.
I have never in my first year on the canal met such a disagreeable person. What his problem is I don't know but his arguement did not bear fruit . Nothing he said to us had a grain of truth. All seemingly made up in his own mind.
I will when I return here, and I will return, offer him coffee and time to chat about whatever it is that is stuck in his craw, but I hope he has adjusted his attitude by that time. I neither want or need to be treated as less than I am and I refused to be bullied by people who should know better.
While I am writing this a BW man came along the towpath and we chatted about the sheriff. Apparently he complains a lot and always quotes rules that are non-existent.
Please if you should come down this way look out for the house with the six foot scalloped fence around. It is a nice place to moor even though he will complain.
Photo :Molly on the Birmingham and Worcester canal Brum.
This blog has no more importance than the writing on a toilet wall, it is merely my opinion.
2 comments:
Damn. I'm a long way from the Oxford, unfortunately, or I'd moored up outside his house like a shot. I'm a big fat ugly b@stard, so I'd like to see him try to intimidate me!
Perhaps you could put his location into Canalplan so that everyone can find him?
Thanks for the support. I have given his location and a there is a pic of his very distinctive scalloped fencing but If I post actual location It could be thought that I was encouraging less than good behavior.
Plus you could be he and I will be back down the canal soon enough to invite you for coffee.
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