CRT Winter moorings now available to book

Winter moorings for 2025/26 will be available for up to four months from Friday 1 November 2025 until Friday 28 February 2026. Permits will be on sale from Wednesday 1…

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CRT Annual Public Meeting 2025

CRT's Annual Public Meeting will take place live online at 2.30pm on Monday 20 October. During the meeting they will reflect on activities and financial performance during 2024/25 and welcome…

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CRT Annual report 2025

CRT have issued their annual report for 2024-2025. It can be found here. We see that boating income is now their top income stream. Maybe just as well, to help…

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In drought conditions

Chair Anne Husar writes: First to say a warm welcome to Jacqui Lund who has joined Council, bringing us up to our full quota of twelve members. We look forward…

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Water is the driving force of all nature

Water is the driving force of all nature Leonardo da Vinci At last the subject of water, or rather the lack of it has become big news. A situation in…

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NN News on line

NABO News back copies for only the last two years are available to read by non members. The main archive is members only. The latest colour edition of NABO News…

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CRT National boat count 2025

The Canal & River Trust’s National Boat Count, conducted across the charity’s waterways each year, has seen a 1.5% increase in boat numbers together with an increase in unlicensed boats,…

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Inland waterways energy survey

We have been talking to the DfT and their consultant Ricardo. They have asked us to help with an energy use survey for inland waters. This survey has been developed…

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A plea for descriptive precision

Editor John Sadler writes: In the field of better boating there are a few things that would be very easy to achieve and a cost effective way of making life…

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In drought conditions

Chair Anne Husar writes: There’s a BBC report that we’ve had ‘the driest spring in England since 1961, with northern regions experiencing the driest start to the year in nearly…

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