Do you have canal boat ancestors?
Do you have canal boat ancestors? ‘Spellweaver’ is a website devoted to tracing ancestors who were boaters or those who worked on the canals. The creator of the website says: “One of the things I’ve found useful in tracing my canal boat ancestors is newspaper articles, which can be pretty informative, giving details such […]
National Inland Navigation Forum, October 2016
NINF met at the St Pancras Cruising Club on Saturday 22nd October 2015 with 6 of its 11 member organisations present, and, as usual, proved to be a useful meeting point, bringing together bodies involved in CRT, EA and other waterways.
Trial New Visitor Moorings at Kings’ Cross
The Canal & River Trust is introducing a trial stretch of new visitor moorings on the Regent’s Canal in King’s Cross following a consultation last year into how the space in this increasingly popular area can be shared fairly.
CRT Increases Boat Licence Fees
The Canal & River Trust is today announcing that private and business boat licence fees will rise by 2.5% from 1 April 2017. Having capped licence fees to inflation for the past three years, the 2017 increase anticipates next year’s prevailing inflation rate which is widely forecast to rise between now and next summer.
Report on South Wales and Severn Autumn Forum: 17th October 2016
Held in The Old Rectory at Llangattock, alongside the Mon & Brec canal, this well-attended meeting concentrated largely on the very extensive winter work programme that will effectually close the canal from November until Easter next year.
NE Waterway User Forum, Castleford, September 2016
NE Waterway User Forum, Castleford, 20th September 2016 I attended this meeting last night on behalf of NABO. I didn’t think it was quite as well attended as in previous years – around 45-50 in total including the numerous CRT staff. I suspect this may be down to the changed start time of 1700 instead […]
CRT Online booking service coming soon
From 14 November CRT will be introducing a new online self-service booking system which will allow boaters to book passage through some of the waterways’ most famous landmarks. Once it’s up and running, if you’re planning trips through Anderton Boat Lift, Standedge Tunnel, Liverpool Canal Link, Ribble Link and Frankton Lock, or wanting to use […]
2016/17 Winter Moorings
2016/17 Winter Moorings Winter moorings permits for between one and five months will go on sale from 3rd October. They will be available at fixed locations from 1st November to 31st March 2017. There are four price bands: Band 1 – £15 per metre per month – mooring rings or bollards, within walking distance […]
Report on CRT National Users Forum September 7th 2016
As usual this was held at The Bond in Birmingham, and followed the usual structure of a series of presentations by various CRT officers. Whist this information is of interest, and the people-networking is valuable, one can’t help feeling that the approach does not make full use of the large numbers of representatives of the […]
Thames lock closures for winter 2016
EA has updated their web site with the plans for this winter. You can see the details here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/river-thames-conditions-closures-restrictions-and-lock-closures
