Editorial NABO News 5 November 2016

Winter’s on its way Editor Peter Fellows hangs up his tiller pin for the year. After the boat spent the summer on the River Great Ouse, my last cruise this year was back up the River Nene to Northampton, which coincided with the Indian summer at the beginning of October – wonderful to be in […]

Airbnb boats

Extract from an Airbnb Listing – Some London boat owners are renting out their boats “From £120 per night. Stay on this beautiful romantic narrowboat in the heart of London and see London from a different perspective. The 57-foot canal boat was built over 100 years ago and is full of character and history. She […]

Chairman’s column, NABO News #4

Focus on the Thames and K&A Chairman Mike Rodd has some good, and less good, news of these adjoining waterways. I hope that you have all enjoyed some wonderful summer cruising days and probably now starting your pre-wintering work, getting your boat ready for the colder days ahead. We spent last week replacing the coach-lines […]

North East Local Waterways forum

Howard Anguish reports on the recent North East Local Waterways forum I attended this on the 14th April. The venue was our usual one – the Wheatsheaf Conference Centre near Castleford – and was very well attended with a full house. As far as the meeting was concerned, a forum is usually defined as a […]

NINF AGM and meeting, February 2016

The National Inland Navigation Forum, NINF, met at the St Pancras Cruising Club on Saturday 21st February 2016. 7 of it 11 member bodies were present together with the General Secretary, Michael Stimpson. This Forum continues to be a useful meeting point  bringing together navigational bodies involved in CRT, EA and other waterways.