CRT Annual Public Meeting, National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere. Monday 9th July 2013
CRT Annual Public Meeting, National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere. Monday 9th July 2013 I attended this meeting on behalf of NABO. It was not obvious who had been invited, but numbers had to be restricted for reasons of space, and those who had not booked in early were not able to attend. This had caused some […]
Ministerial Statement on the transfer of EA navigations
The Waterways Minister Richard Benyon has today made a written statement on the issue of transfer of the EA waters to CRT. He said that the Government has (therefore) decided that the Review planned for 2013/14 to consider options for the transfer will be postponed until Defra’s finances improve and there is a realistic prospect […]
Editorial, NABO News 4, July 2013
Editorial, NABO News 4, July 2013 In my younger days, we regularly loaded up the boat with friends and beers and set off from Calcutt, mooring at the visitor moorings in Weedon for a Saturday evening meal together at the restaurant there, before returning on Sunday. On a recent trip further down the Grand […]
Chairman’s column, NABO News 4, July 2013
Chairman’s column, NABO News 4, July 2013 Legal Last month I mentioned the concern felt by NABO Council about the legality of some of CRT’s proposals on the Southern Grand Union. Since then a NABO team has met our legal advisors and reviewed the issues again. The advice to us is that nothing has […]
Editorial, NABO News, Issue 3 – May 2013
Editorial I start with an apology to Tony Baldry MP, for calling him ‘Toby’ in the last issue and thanks to Peter Braybrook, the eagle-eyed constituent who let me know, commenting: “In response to your invitation to submit ‘names that make me smile’, Sir Toby brought a smile to my lips but I am […]
Editorial, NABO News, Issue 7, January 2013
NABO News, Issue 7, January 2013 Editorial First, my best wishes for Christmas and happy boating next year. We can only hope the weather in 2013 will be kinder to boaters than most of last year – in this issue Janice Steckerl recounts her experiences of the wind and rain on the Caledonian […]
Chairman’s column, NABO News, Issue 2, March 2013
NABO News, Issue 2, March 2013 Chairman’s column Last month, I gave a serious message about the future of the Association. I would like to thank all the members who took the time to write and express their views. These were (almost) universally supportive of the work we do and the need to […]
Chairman’s column, NABO News, Issue 7, January 2013
Chairman’s column Well here I am again. Not quite what I had in mind, but Council have asked me to continue as Chairman for the present. This is not what I would have wished and it really has to stop some time soon. The AGM took place in Bradford on Avon in November and […]
NABO Subscriptions
I am writing asking for your help. As you know we have increased the subscriptions from 1st April. The renewals since then have not all been going well, with many payments made at the old rate, despite the renewal reminders. This is a serious situation for the Association as we now have the additional work of […]
Chairman’s Column NN May 13
Irksome—I like it! Chairman David Fletcher relflects on the latest waterways happenings We had a very full Council meeting last week, with more present that we have had for many a year. Rest assured the proceedings are very frugal, as anybody who has been to the Waggon and Horses will know. Please don’t be shy, […]