Is there a need for a CRT welfare manager?
Recently CRT legally removed a boat from its waters using the section 8 process and in so doing effectively made a mentally ill boater homeless. This is a pretty provocative statement and feelings around this event recently ran high on the boating forums and web journals. In short order a petition asking CRT to stop […]
CRT set days for CE open boater meetings
Canal & River Trust have issued a press release on 8 January setting dates for the Chief Executives' initiative of open boater meetings. They are planned for Thursday 23 January, 6pm – Birmingham, Saturday 8 February, 3pm – Nottingham, and Wednesday 26 February, 6pm – Banbury. NABO Chairman Mike Rodd said "I very much welcome […]
Manchester/Rochdale Canal Undercroft
The Manchester and Pennines Region of Canal and River Trust is asking for thoughts about potential overnight closure of the Undercroft between Locks 84 and 86 on the Rochdale canal and have asked NABO to ask its Members.
CRT respond to hydrology issues
CRT have responded to questions raised by NABO members at the November AGM event. Emily Crisp is an hydrologist at the Canal and River Trust, and spoke with her colleague (boss) at the afternoon meeting. Read hear what Emily has said:
Trouble on t’Thames
Louis Jankel reports on lost opportunities at the EA In September I attended the Thames Navigation Users’ Forum (TNUF), representing the interests of NABO members. In that capacity I have been attending these quarterly meetings and those of its predecessor, the Waterways Working Group, for almost 10 years. The members of TNUF represent all aspects […]
Article by CRT’s Richard Parry
Canal & River Trust: A positive future by working together CRT’s Chief Executive, Richard Parry, set out his vision for the Trust I grew up in a village on the Trent, had many canal holidays as a boy and, since I moved to the West Midlands six years ago, the canals have been a […]
Chairman’s report
Chairman’s Column I am starting to realise that the apparently kind and flattering invitation a year ago to talk at the NABO AGM about our experiences in setting up the first trial K&A/CRT Waterways Partnership was really a recruitment exercise! NABO has just taken over my life! My starting point is my belief that CRT […]
NABO responds to the consultation for K&A mooring plan
NABO has responded to the “consultation” on a proposed “Towpath Mooring Plan” for The Kennet & Avon Canal west of Devizes to Bath (not including the River Avon after Bath). Although stated as a “consultation” this questionnaire appears to be simply a list of intentions. Also, the associated letter states CRT’s intention to implement the […]
NABO appoints a new Chairman
New Chairman for NABO After a transformational five-year period at the helm of NABO – the National Association of Boat Owners – David Fletcher has stepped down as Chairman, and Mike Rodd has been elected to take over from him. Originally from Zimbabwe, Mike moved with his family to the UK in 1986 when he […]
NABO Council members meet with CRT CEO Richard Parry
On 15 November NABO Chairman David Fletcher and Council Members Mike Rodd and Mark Tizard met with Richard Parry, the Canal and River Trust’s CEO, at their Milton Keynes offices. The meeting was a good opportunity for us to give Richard an overview of NABO and its recent history of engagement with BW/CRT, and he […]