One of the sponsors of the 2012 Olympics is Panasonic, just up the road from us and hey presto the Olympic torch will be passing almost past our door. Will we be turning out in droves to cheer it on its way to the East End? well actually NO! we are somewhat cheesed off with news of the latest Olympics rip off that directly affects a large proportion of our staff, including me.
Our hobby is sailing, not on luxury gin palaces but on fairly elderly cruising yachts and we would have liked to support the Olympic team efforts in Weymouth and registered with the harbour authority there for berthing arrangements during the games. This week we got the details. It normally costs about £25 per night to berth our boat in the harbour rafted up alongside other boats on a pontoon. So guess what the cost is going to be during the games? A staggering £205 per night - yes thats £205 for 1 night. Imagine paying 8X the going rate to park a car! Not only that but you have to pay up by January, so if the weather is really nasty and you cant get there for safety reasons I guess you lose the lot.
Most of us usually stay in Weymouth during the Summer for 4 or 5 nights and spend on most meals out, drinks, entertainment etc but I can definetly say the traders of Weymouth will not be seeing any of the hard earned cash of Perfect CVs staff in 2012 and maybe not again, as Im sure there will be a cost "legacy" to berthing there in future.
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