NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BOAT OWNERSJune Editorial
Editorial Our annual April Fool’s article usually catches out a couple of members, but not this year as I didn’t receive any comments. Instead, there was a sense of humour failure at CRT, which posted (for a while) a note in ‘Boaters’ Update’ saying that they’d like the article removed from the NABO website article […]
Next Generation Waterway Support – Where will it come from?
Helen Hutt attended the recent conference and reports: Held in Birmingham, 21 March 2015, organised jointly by Worcester, Birmingham and Droitwich Canals Society and Canal & River Trust. About 70 attendees. Speakers: Rob Jackson, Rob Jackson Consulting (volunteer programme management); Charley Johnston, BCNS; Daniel Haynes, Birmingham University Conservation Volunteers; Sophie Bond, Army Cadets; Beverley Gobbett, […]
CRT consultation on changes to Liverpool Link 2015 season
CRT is considering changing the way that they manage the Leeds & Liverpool Canal from Hancock’s Swing Bridge to Stanley Locks. Unfortunately NABO was not formally advised about this, and indeed it does not appear on CRT’s website, but having discovered it was being undertaken, we would like to make a submission. CRT has extended […]
CRT consultation on the design of safety fences
Marple Aqueduct, on the Peak Forest Canal, is undergoing over half a million pounds worth of repair, conservation and access improvement work as part of the Heritage Lottery funded Revealing Oldknow’s Legacy project. The anticipated increase in visitor numbers following the improvements has led to a safety review of the Aqueduct that concluded additional measures […]
Is the Mersey Ferry Bona Fide Navigating?
Is the Mersey Ferry an example of 'bona fide used for navigation'? Judge Halbert in a November 2013 CRT judgment recently made public, thinks it is. He said in the judgment: To take an extreme example, in its heyday, the Mersey Ferry operated continuously to and fro over the same stretch of water which is […]
NE Partnership Annual Meeting
North East Partnership – Annual Public Meeting, CRT Offices, Fearns Wharf, Leeds 27th November 2014 This was the second Annual Meeting of the NE Partnership, introduced jointly by the NE Manager – Jon Horsefal, and the Partnership Chairman, Mark Penny.
K&A Mooring Trial
K&A Mooring Trial Geoffrey Rogerson provides an update Earlier this year the K&A Canal Partnership, after various consultations and deliberations, came up with the K&A voluntary Mooring Trial. The object was to encourage the movement of boats and the gist of it was to divide the canal between Bath and Devizes into neighbourhoods. The […]
Towpath Winter Moorings
Towpath Winter Mooring Permits – a debate Mark Tizard summarises the arguments for and against. NABO has been contacted by several members regarding the growth of towpath winter moorings and, following a discussion at the recent AGM, we thought we would open up the debate further to our members. NABO has supported winter moorings […]
Editorial November 14
Editorial It’s nice to end the year on several positive notes: I’m pleased that £2 million has been earmarked to restore the historic Mile Wharf on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Burnley. We cruised past it in the summer and commented then on the disgraceful state it’s in. Although there are some big […]
Chairman’s report to AGM
Chairman’s Report to AGM Having admired the work of NABO ever since we bought our first boat some 16 years ago, I was delighted to be invited to join the Council. I didn’t quite tumble to what David had in mind, though, when I soon discovered that he was planning to stand down after […]
