NE Waterway User Forum, Castleford, September 2016
NE Waterway User Forum, Castleford, 20th September 2016 I attended this meeting last night on behalf of NABO. I didn’t think it was quite as well attended as in previous years – around 45-50 in total including the numerous CRT staff. I suspect this may be down to the changed start time of 1700 instead […]
CRT Online booking service coming soon
From 14 November CRT will be introducing a new online self-service booking system which will allow boaters to book passage through some of the waterways’ most famous landmarks. Once it’s up and running, if you’re planning trips through Anderton Boat Lift, Standedge Tunnel, Liverpool Canal Link, Ribble Link and Frankton Lock, or wanting to use […]
Report on CRT National Users Forum September 7th 2016
As usual this was held at The Bond in Birmingham, and followed the usual structure of a series of presentations by various CRT officers. Whist this information is of interest, and the people-networking is valuable, one can’t help feeling that the approach does not make full use of the large numbers of representatives of the […]
CRT Winter Stoppages 2016-17
CRT has published the list of winter stoppages for the coming period. Members are urged to take a look to see how it may affect their cruising plans over the season. The details can be found here: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices/winter
New River Severn Navigation Guide
CRT have recently issued a new River Severn Navigation Guide. There is a lot of standard padding but the core navigation guide is worth printing out if you are going this way. You can download or read it here
NABO meets with CRT to discuss various boating issues
On Friday 8th April 2016 Mike Rodd and Geoffrey Rogerson met with Mike Grimes, CRT’s Head of Boating, and Matthew Symonds, Strategy and Engagement Manager (Boating), on The Rose of Hungerford.
Help CRT to keep their maps up to date
We have been asked by CRT to help them in a very practical way which will benefit us all.
Outcome of South East Visitor Mooring Consultation
The report on the recent south east visitor mooring consultation is now published on the CRT website along with the revised final proposals. The report can be read here https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/media/original/27159-south-east-visitor-mooring-consultation-report-march-2016.pdf
Where is the next kilometer?
CRT have a web page called Boaters without a home mooring: How far is far enough? They say A number of boaters have asked for clarification of the legal requirement to cruise throughout the period of their licence and, in particular, what is the minimum distance that should be covered in order to comply with […]
CRT Press release on CC’ing
On 10 March 2016 CRT issued a press release UPDATE ON LICENSING PROCESS FOR BOATS WITHOUT HOME MOORINGS CRT has updated its process for licensing boats without a home mooring. From 1 May 2016 the Trust will no longer offer three month restricted licences to boaters who have not been meeting the terms of their […]