National Inland Navigation Forum (NINF) AGM & Meeting: 20th February 2021

A Zoom-based meeting of this valuable forum brought together representatives of NABO, RBOA, CBOA, DBA, TBA, HNBC, IWA, AWCC and the General Secretary, Michael Stimpson. The meeting agreed to reappoint Michael and thanked him for his valuable work over the past year. The finances were also reported on and with little expenditure on meetings, the […]

NABO News 2022

NABO News – Issue 6 of 2022: 4 Editorial 5 In the Chair 8 Fly on the Wall 10 Around the Regions: Anglian waterways. , East Midlands, Wales and the South West. 11 NABO News: NABO’s new Council 12 Meeting of APPGW 13 News: Anderton update 14 Winter work update, CRT exhibition to MPs 15 […]

Yorkshire & North East

Howard reports from the North East I took part in a Zoom forum in January, which is the first that the Y&NE have held. It was well attended with 42 participants, including a number of CRT managers. These managers were a mix of local and national, and included: Sean McGinley, Regional Director Yorks and North […]

East Midlands report

Not a great deal to report, as all our movements are currently restricted to only the strictly necessary by the Covid regulations. But in line with Government’s instructions on daily exercise and CRT’s desire that that exercise should take place on the towpaths, they certainly appear to be very busy with runners and cyclists, as […]

Waterways Chaplaincy

Peter Braybrook  explains how this organisation helps boaters in need. The Waterways Chaplaincy is a growing network of around 100 volunteers serving the Inland Waterways from York to Woking and Llangollen to the Wash. Wherever you are, you can contact a chaplain through the website contact form at www.waterwayschaplaincy.org.uk/contact-us. I am based in Banbury on […]

The waterways and ‘building back better’

Helen Hutt reports on a Zoom meeting of The All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Waterways in December. This was my first experience of the APPWG and it was more interesting than anticipated! Chaired by Michael Fabricant MP, there were three good presentations from Richard Parry, CRT; Adrian Main, Avon Navigation Trust; and John Packham, Broads […]