Boat Owners take part in the Pageant
Boat Owners took a full part in the Thames Pageant to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee.
London prepares for the Jubilee pageant
London is preparing in afternoon sunshine for the Jubilee Pageant.
Non-tidal Thames – drought update
Boating on the non-tidal Thames – drought update (From the environment Agency, with permission)
EA press release on boaters cases
EA have today made a press release saying "Boaters ordered to pay £3,239 for flouting boat registration laws."
The Canal & River Trust (CRT) is a legal Charity
The Charity Commission has confirmed the registration of the Canal & River Trust under registration number 1146792. The news means that the Trust, which already has a Board of Trustees, a governing Council and, in HRH The Prince of Wales, a Royal Patron, is now legally permitted to raise charitable income to support its objectives.
Staffs and Worcs Canal Lock Tail Bridges
John Slee, NABO continuous cruising rep, writes, I am currently cruising from Stourport to Great Haywood on the Staffs & Worcs Canal. So far I have only reached the summit pound, but I believe I have seen enough to send in the following complaint to a British Waterways DIrector concerning the risk to boaters and […]
Easter Boat Gathering 2012
The Easter Boat Gathering 2012 at the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port, is set to be a spectacular celebration of narrowboat culture, so if you are a narrowboat owner why not come and join us?
THE FINAL DAY
HAVE YOU VOTED for Stephen Peters? (NABO and TBA candidate in the CRT election) The deadline for casting your votes in the election for the Boaters’ Representatives to serve on the Canal & River Trust Council is 12 noon on Friday 9 March 2012. Have you remembered to vote? There is still time to cast […]
Richmond consults on mooring byelaw
The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is consulting over a proposal to introduce a byelaw to regulate mooring on the land it owns fronting the Thames.
The end of IWAC?
In January, Defra confirmed that it is to proceed with the abolition of the much respected Inland Waterways Advisory Council (IWAC).