Editorial, NABO News 4, July 2013
Editorial, NABO News 4, July 2013 In my younger days, we regularly loaded up the boat with friends and beers and set off from Calcutt, mooring at the visitor moorings in Weedon for a Saturday evening meal together at the restaurant there, before returning on Sunday. On a recent trip further down the Grand […]
Chairman’s column, NABO News 4, July 2013
Chairman’s column, NABO News 4, July 2013 Legal Last month I mentioned the concern felt by NABO Council about the legality of some of CRT’s proposals on the Southern Grand Union. Since then a NABO team has met our legal advisors and reviewed the issues again. The advice to us is that nothing has […]
Editorial, NABO News, Issue 3 – May 2013
Editorial I start with an apology to Tony Baldry MP, for calling him ‘Toby’ in the last issue and thanks to Peter Braybrook, the eagle-eyed constituent who let me know, commenting: “In response to your invitation to submit ‘names that make me smile’, Sir Toby brought a smile to my lips but I am […]
Editorial, NABO News, Issue 7, January 2013
NABO News, Issue 7, January 2013 Editorial First, my best wishes for Christmas and happy boating next year. We can only hope the weather in 2013 will be kinder to boaters than most of last year – in this issue Janice Steckerl recounts her experiences of the wind and rain on the Caledonian […]
Chairman’s column, NABO News, Issue 2, March 2013
NABO News, Issue 2, March 2013 Chairman’s column Last month, I gave a serious message about the future of the Association. I would like to thank all the members who took the time to write and express their views. These were (almost) universally supportive of the work we do and the need to […]
Chairman’s column, NABO News, Issue 7, January 2013
Chairman’s column Well here I am again. Not quite what I had in mind, but Council have asked me to continue as Chairman for the present. This is not what I would have wished and it really has to stop some time soon. The AGM took place in Bradford on Avon in November and […]
Chairman’s Column NN May 13
Irksome—I like it! Chairman David Fletcher relflects on the latest waterways happenings We had a very full Council meeting last week, with more present that we have had for many a year. Rest assured the proceedings are very frugal, as anybody who has been to the Waggon and Horses will know. Please don’t be shy, […]
NABO comments on the Partnership mooring plan for West K and A
NABO has comments on the Partnership towpath mooring plan for the Kennet and Avon Canal west of Devizes. The Kennet & Avon Waterway Partnership, based on recommendations from its Local Mooring sub-group, has submitted proposals to the boating team of the Canal & River Trust for further consideration by the CRT Navigation Advisory Group. These […]
Loss of access to visitor moorings at Upton upon Severn, River Severn
NABO members have brought to our attention yet another loss of visitors mooring. It is understood that CRT have given permission for a trip boat to use the visitor moorings at Upton on Severn to pick up and drop off passengers. NABO is alarmed that one of the most popular visitor moorings on the Severn, […]
Loss of User Moorings to commercial activities
The NABO Council has become increasingly aware of a number of key visitors moorings being withdrawn (often without any consultation with users) and made available for other purposes, typically of a commercial nature. In this light, we have been alerted to a planning permission application on the K&A to change of use a visitor mooring […]
