Boating Associations meet with CRT to discuss short stay moorings
NABO, together with ACC, AWCC, IWA and RBOA, met with CRT on Monday 31st March 2014 to discuss short stay towpath moorings, followed by a presentation on the waterways chaplaincy activity. These are NABO’s notes from this meeting.
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.
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 […]
CRT meets with the Boating Associations
In attendance at this meeting, called by CRT, on the 3rd of February 2014, were the Chairs and representatives of NABO (Mike Rodd, Mark Tizard), IWA (Les Etheridge and Paul Roper), RBOA (Alan Wildman), AWCC (Paul La Blique) and ACC (Steve Jay and Louise Yeoman). From CRT were CEO Richard Parry, Directors Vince Moran and […]
CRT latest on K&A Mooring Plan
CRT have released the summary reports on the consultation for the K&A Mooring Plan. They comment that there were: 438 completed response questionnaires received as well as 19 separate submissions to the consultation, including eight from local and national organisations with links to the canal. The consultation questionnaire findings together with the detailed comments highlight a […]
Is there a need for a CRT welfare manager?
Recently CRT legally removed a boat from its waters using the section 8 process and in so doing effectively made a mentally ill boater homeless. This is a pretty provocative statement and feelings around this event recently ran high on the boating forums and web journals. In short order a petition asking CRT to stop […]
Article by CRT’s Richard Parry
Canal & River Trust: A positive future by working together CRT’s Chief Executive, Richard Parry, set out his vision for the Trust I grew up in a village on the Trent, had many canal holidays as a boy and, since I moved to the West Midlands six years ago, the canals have been a […]
NABO Council members meet with CRT CEO Richard Parry
On 15 November NABO Chairman David Fletcher and Council Members Mike Rodd and Mark Tizard met with Richard Parry, the Canal and River Trust’s CEO, at their Milton Keynes offices. The meeting was a good opportunity for us to give Richard an overview of NABO and its recent history of engagement with BW/CRT, and he […]
CRT publish first report on Towpath Mooring Management
Last week CRT published its first public report on the Towpath Mooring Management project, which aims to support better and fairer use of towpath moorings. You can read it here. With NABO's AGM this coming weekend, we will hold over any comments until the new Council is in place and have time to consider. NABO […]
