Boating Associations discuss Short Stay Moorings
A meeting was held between ACC, AWCC, RBOA, IWA and NABO on Monday 31st March 2014 to discuss short stay mooring proposals being explored by CRT. This meeting preceded a subsequent meeting on these and related subjects held with CRT, the notes of which will be published when available.
CRT’s Head of Boating Sally Ash retires
We have been advised by CRT that, after 32 years of service, Sally Ash the Head of Boating has decided to retire. We wish her well and look forward to working with CRT in a renewed spirit of mutual co-operation.
Thames Source to Sea River Relay
Our NABO representative, Louis Jankel, has been approached by an organiser of the Thames Festival Trust who, over the last two weeks of August this year, will be managing the Source to Sea River Thames Relay. The Relay is a two week journey of a small bottle of water taken from the source of the […]
Leeds Boaters Meeting with CEO Mar 2014
The was held on Thursday 13.3.2014 evening at the CRT offices, Fearns Wharf, Leeds. I attended on behalf of NABO together with around 60 other boaters and the meeting followed the usual pattern with the CRT NE Waterway Manager – Jon Horsfall – as host.
NABO’s View on Merger of EA navigations and CRT
Merger of EA navigations and CRT – No Thanks! NABO’s Thames Rep. and volunteer lock-keeper,Louis Jankel, outlines the areas of concernover any merger of EA navigations and CRT In the boating press a number of ill-informed individuals have been claiming that the founding fathers of the IWA, namely Messrs. Aickman and Rolt, had declared that […]
CRT Consults on Braunston congestion
One Direction in Braunston? No, not the five-piece boy band that won the X-Factor, but CRT’s announcement to consult on a proposal to ease congestion at one of the waterways most popular locations. The capacity of the canal would be doubled in the summer months by making traffic travel in the same direction between Napton […]
K&A Local Mooring Plan
Local mooring plan for the K&A Mike Roddgives an update from NABO’s perspective Following further discussions with interested parties, including NABO, CRT has launched its response to the recent consultation on the towpath mooring plan for the K&A Canal west of Devizes1. This plan was produced by a sub-group of the Waterways Partnership, building upon […]
NABO News Chairman’s column ApriI 2014
Chairman’s Column, APril 2014 Progress, but we’re not there yet Chairman, Mike Rodd, surveys current developments at CRT and EA As the waters slowly recede, the resulting problems caused on the two waterways that I boat on are all too evident. The Mon & Brec is in serious trouble once again, with part of the […]
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 […]
Test your smoke alarms this clock change weekend.
The Fire Kills campaign is again encouraging people to test their smoke alarms when they change their clocks this coming clock change weekend. The snappy tagline ‘TICK TOCK TEST’, will help remind us all of the need to test our smoke alarms at this time of year. Smoke alarms save lives, but only if they […]