Alex Gowney
Senior Member & Supporter
It was to buy Alex. I agree with you though and all that went through my mind. I was told that the boundary for the house ended at the end of the garden and the river belonged to the landowner on the other side, albeit that they couldn't obviously access the river from the garden. I was told that perhaps an arrangement could be entered into with the landowner. To be honest it all sounded like it was all going to be too hard and I also thought about the prospect of having anglers fishing from the opposite bank, so I never explored or investigated it any further.
That's a new one on me Howard, how can anybody "own" a river? The halfway rule is, I thought, universal. Sounds to me like someone had pulled a fast one and got away with it. Would have been interesting if you had legally challenged it. But I know what you mean about not wanting the hassle.