EA navigation update

We have just seen this document from EA Navigation update – October 2024 They say: Welcome to this shortened version of the Environment Agency Navigation Newsletter. As we end the 2024 boating season we wanted to reflect on the season and update you on some of the work that has been completed over the year, […]

Summer is a goin’ out

Chair Anne Husar writes And there went summer. Although it might have felt unremittingly cool and wet, according to the Met Office, neither temperature nor rainfall were anything other than average compared to previous years. There are numerous reports from boaters that the canals were quieter this summer than usual, with many noticing hire bases […]

Autumnal musings

Editor John Sadler writes: The ‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’ has descended rapidly this year, just in time to welcome us to our home mooring. As ever, there’s a bit of damage to repair before the winter sets in and some maintenance scheduled for the cooler months. We set out in June, in winter […]

NABO News on line

NABO News back copies are available to read by non members. See this link for the library here The latest colour edition of NABO News is only available online to NABO members who have registered on the website. Members can log in and then open the pdf file on the Members/NABO News latest edition. That gives NABO members advance access […]

NABO terms and privacy

Last year we reviewed the NABO Constitution and this resulted in an update at the 2023 AGM. This year we have reviewed the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy document that go with the Constitution. These have not been looked at for some time. It is important that the documents are consistent and reflect the […]

Voices for change

  Expressions of dissatisfaction have featured heavily this month. The change of government brought about by the General Election may be the most momentous statement of this. A new government means new MPs to write to. Every boater with an MP whose constituency includes any of the UK’s inland waterways needs to make their concerns […]