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 […]
Tall Ships in the Thames
This weekend has been the final days of the Tall Ships Festival, with the fleet in the tidal Thames. They have been moored at Woolwich, O2 arena and Greenwich. Many have been open to visitors and others have been running trips from Woolwich up to Tower Bridge and back. Your roving reporter walked from Woolwich […]
CRT report on Towpath Consultation
CRT have just reported on the recent Towath Usage consultation. They say: In March we began consulting nationally on our Sharing Towpaths project and asked people to provide feedback by completing a short survey. A total of 2,148 people completed the online survey, we had 88 responses to our sharing towpaths email address and three workshops were held […]
NABO News Editorial June 2014
Peter Fellows has some thoughts on moorings, selfishness and regulations The London Assembly report on moorings in London, included in the news section, shows a substantial increase the numbers of residential boaters with an extra 1,000 boats now mooring on London’s canals. This is attributed to rapidly rising housing costs in the city. In other […]
NABO News Chairman’s Column June 2014
False Alarms and Lock Gate Heresy Chairman Mike Rodd considers a mixed bag before venturing off onto the ‘loveliest canal in the country’.
CRT consultation on Sharing Towpath to close 2 May
A quick reminder that CRT's consutation on Sharing Towpaths closes on 2nd May. Please boaters all, make your views clear. Perhaps we would like a share too? The consultation can be found here.
NW and Boarder User Forum April 14
I attended the User Forum for North Wales and Boarders in April. The well attended afternoon meeting was held in the club house of the Nantwich Town FC, about 300 yds from the SU towpath. CRT were also well represented with Manager, engineers, and customer service and volunteer senior staff.
Report on North East Local Waterway Forum April 14
I attended the Spring North East Local Waterway Forum (User Group that was) on 7th April at a new venue. In the introduction, the local manager – Jon Horsfall- announced that following the survey carried out by Roger Hanbury towards the end of last year, and some complaints about the recent time overruns it has […]
