A report by CRT on last year’s sales of winter moorings shows the following numbers of permits sold in each price bracket: Price per metre          No sold £6.70                           262 £10.30                         151 £13.90                         150 £16.00                         75 £18.00                         80 Total                           718 The total number of months booked was 2305, raising a total income of £314,149.40.

CRT have published their annual report for the period 2018 – 19 The press release summary PDF  is here The annual meeting is set for 19 September at Austin Court, Birminham with notice here.

– now at weekends too From 14th July, boaters are able to get in touch with the CRT customer service team seven days a week. The team will respond to enquiries from 8am—6pm, Monday to Friday, 9am—5pm on Saturdays, and 10am—4pm on Sundays. You can get in touch with the Trust to report an incident […]

It is possible to access CRTs maps on mobile devices. These maps contain their information on assets and also show how towpath mowing should take place. To see these, you will need an application called Explorer for ArcGIS. This is on both IOS and Android. Instructions are here: https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/media/original/31974-arc-explorer.pdf?v=a78391 CRT set the mowing plans by […]

Wales and the South West Region Mike Rodd reports on the latest meeting with the Waterways Director for Wales and the South West. On 3rd December, Phil Goulding and I had another of our regular meetings with Richard Thomas, Director of the Wales and South West region, at Devizes. Richard had agreed to meet NABO […]

Survey of boat owners’ views The third survey of a third of CRT boat licence holders was carried out by an independent research consultant in March and April 2018. The survey has now covered all boaters who have held a boat licence in the last three years. In June, CRT published a summary of the […]

This report, for the Department of the Environment, was a catalyst for some early projects, such as the restoration of 39 locks on the Kennet and Avon canal and the restoration of the Avoncliff aqueduct, which Peter Fraenkel and Partners (PFP) carried out. The Frankel Report was placed in the public domain by CRT in […]

Popular locks CRT has released its annual boat movement report for 2017, which shows that the South East, North Wales & Borders and the West Midlands waterways remain the most popular cruising areas. The total recorded lockage in 2017 was 2.6% lower than in 2016, with the busiest site at the paired locks at Hillmorton […]

The following is my report – I have used some notes from Andy Tidy’s report (mostly the finances as he explains it better than I could) As these are my recollections from notes they are not designed as an exact record and are not minutes. Therefore , they should not be accepted as such. We […]