shugg:
as for £12 being the average !!! rate , dream on £9 is nearer the figure .
Same in east Kent, where I lived before I moved onto the boat, and one of the many reasons I did move aboard is that I’m moored in the “golden triangle” where wages are considerably higher, for a complete doss of a container job I’m on £13 an hour PAYE which is one of the reasons I can afford to take half the year off.