June Editorial
Editorial Our annual April Fool’s article usually catches out a couple of members, but not this year as I didn’t receive any comments. Instead, there was a sense of humour failure at CRT, which posted (for a while) a note in ‘Boaters’ Update’ saying that they’d like the article removed from the NABO website article […]
Editorial November 14
Editorial It’s nice to end the year on several positive notes: I’m pleased that £2 million has been earmarked to restore the historic Mile Wharf on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Burnley. We cruised past it in the summer and commented then on the disgraceful state it’s in. Although there are some big […]
NABO News Editorial June 2014
Peter Fellows has some thoughts on moorings, selfishness and regulations The London Assembly report on moorings in London, included in the news section, shows a substantial increase the numbers of residential boaters with an extra 1,000 boats now mooring on London’s canals. This is attributed to rapidly rising housing costs in the city. In other […]
NABO News Editorial April 2014
NABO News Editorial April 2014 It seems that one unexpected consequence of the winter flooding is the revisiting of plans to merge EA navigations into CRT. Although CRT successfully manages the navigation and flood control on the Trent, NABO believes that without substantial Government support running into tens of millions, CRT is not yet sufficiently […]
NABO News Editorial December 2013
A breath of fresh air Those members who were unable to attend the AGM in November missed a real treat. Not only an interesting and enjoyable presentation from Adam Comerford, CRT’s Group Hydrology Manager, but also an opportunity to feed our opinions into proposals for new water management strategy. Richard Parry, CRT’s new Chief Executive, […]
NABO News Editorial October 13
Sleepwalking into Trouble? There was a (very short) CRT consultation in July on changing the licensing system for charity and community boats, which would result in them being charged for a standard leisure boat licence rather than a commercial licence, less a 60% discount. Fair enough, you might say: simplify the licensing system as […]
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 […]
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 […]
Editorial, NABO News, Issue 2, March 2013
Editorial Thank you to everyone who wrote to NABO News following our appeal for support in the last issue. I have included a selection of representative letters from members. Welcome to Mike Rodd and Mark Tizard as new Council members and welcome back to ‘Fly on the Wall’ after a long absence – its informal […]