Ian Hicks has regrettably given the Trust one months notice on the tenancy for the slip and shed at Boat Cove.
This has come about because the licence agreement requires him to bear full liability towards third parties.
Ian had asked the National Trust to place some good clear signage around the shed and slip warning the public of possible danger and directing them to another way down, but so far nothing has materialized.
He wrote and asked them if he was still liable under the circumstances and if so could he suspend the agreement until everything has been sorted out. This was the reply;
I am afraid the contract does not allow you to suspend the agreement.
In fact it does not make provision for you to terminate it at all, however The Trust will accept 'reasonable notice' in the circumstances and I will recommend that one month's notice is accepted.
If you do wish to give up the licence please will you let me have a letter to this effect.
What happens now is a good question. The Trust may well turn around and say that no more licence agreements will be issued.
Lets hope the Trust will preserve our heritage and let us continue to use Boat Cove in a way it always has been.
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