Web site archives

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Licence fee increase

Licence fee increase Following an announcement by CRT that private licence fees will increase by 4% in October, following a similar increase in April this year, NABO’s Anne Husar wrote…

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Wiltshire Council wants to hear from boaters

NABO members and other boaters on the Kennet and Avon may be interested in the following event: Wiltshire Council is running a new project called ‘Boaters’ Voices’. It is part…

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CRT survey on licence framework

The Canal & River Trust has asked a commission to review its boat licensing framework. It is anticipated that the Commission will make recommendations to the Trust’s Board of Trustees…

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Online subscription payment page

If you are wanting to join and have not made an application, please go here first: http://nabo.org.uk/subscription-plan/ If you have done this, then thank you for registering your application with…

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Catastrophe or hyperbole?

Chair Anne writes in NABO News. As I type this, the ice that has held the canal here and everywhere else going by your pictures, is finally thawing, damaging storms…

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Democracy for liveaboard boaters?

Editor John Sadler writes: Traditionally it’s the time of year for reviewing the past and anticipating the future. While the Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution were the headlines of…

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NABO News 2025

NABO News - Issue 5 of 2025: 4 Editorial, Boater’s App development5 In the Chair. A NABO appeal for help!6 In the Vice Chair7 Meeting reports8 BSS technical forum9 CRT’s…

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Bridgewater Canal update

The canal owners have provided an update. 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐬: Regular monitoring of stoplogs and the earth dam to ensure robust short- and medium-term water retention. Investigating the cause of the…

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Bridgewater canal is closed

Due to a breach in the Dunham area of the Bridgewater Canal, notice is hereby given that the canal and towpath will be closed to navigation and pedestrians between Agden…

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