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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 of 1800 with some people still at work.
The meeting followed the pattern set in the last few meetings, with a number of set piece presentations, mainly by CRT, with no Q&A’s encouraged. Rather, there seems to be a keenness for attendees to take part in networking after the general presentations, which in my view is less than satisfactory. I may be in the minority, but, although networking has its place, I much prefer to hear debate in open forum, whereas relying totally on networking means that inevitably many people don’t get their chance to put their point to CRT management.
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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 Wigan and Ellesmere dry docks, you’ll be able to book up to two years in advance. If it’s popular then they will look to expand online booking to other bookable passages and dry docks across the network.
The say that it is still in the testing phase of development but will announce weblinks and a ‘How to…’ guide nearer the launch date!
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CRT have recently issued a new River Severn Navigation Guide.
There is a lot of standard padding but the core navigation guide is worth printing out if you are going this way.
You can download or read it here
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CRT has published the list of winter stoppages for the coming period. Members are urged to take a look to see how it may affect their cruising plans over the season. The details can be found here:
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CRT have a web page called Boaters without a home mooring: How far is far enough?
They say A number of boaters have asked for clarification of the legal requirement to cruise throughout the period of their licence and, in particular, what is the minimum distance that should be covered in order to comply with the Trust’s Guidance for Boaters without a Home Mooring. This page should help.
It can be accessed here
They go on When our enforcement officers record sightings they now record which kilometre of each waterway the boat is on. You can see the locations of all of our kilometre lengths by checking our bespoke map.
This map is handy becasue there are no kilometer posts on the system. When the map opens there is a national view. Drill down into any area and when the detail comes up, it is possible to select any given place and the kilometer length is highlighted in lighter blue.