So it’s goodbye from me and …..
After 12 years Peter Fellows hands on the baton of editorship. Another varied set of articles to end the year, with Helen Hutt describing her trip to the Medway on the 75-year old paddle steamer, Waverley, and my article on the unbelievable attitude of a local council towards restoration of the historic stable block at […]
Calor Gas
Calor Gas have announced that they will now continue to refill the small 4.5kg butane and equivalent propane but only as long as the existing fleet of bottles remains serviceable. They will only be available at distribution centers, i.e., not at marinas. You can see the the announcement here.https://www.calor.co.uk/news-and-views/update-to-cylinder-range We regard this proposal as useless, […]
Prioritise your health this summer
Communications NHS England – Equalities Vaccination Deployment Programme -offer this advice for boaters: As we prepare to celebrate 75 years of the NHS, Dr Nnenda Atata, a GP in Swindon and Vaccination Programme Clinical Quality Improvement Lead offers helpful advice about how you can access the help you need, for a healthier, happier summer. She […]
MAIB report on Emma Louise CO deaths
The Marine Accident Investigation Board have published their accident investigation report into the double fatality on board the privately owned sports cruiser Emma Louise on 11 January 2022, highlighting the need for further work to raise awareness among pleasure craft users about the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO). You can read the report here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/emma-louise-report-and-safety-flyer-published […]
Calor gas small bottles.
Calor Gas have announced that they will now continue to refill the small 4.5kg butane and equivalent propane but only as long as the existing fleet of bottles remains serviceable. They will only be available at distribution centers, i.e., not at marinas. You can see the the announcement here. https://www.calor.co.uk/news-and-views/update-to-cylinder-range (Calor have deleted the link […]
Welfare officer’s report April 23
Welfare officer’s report Ken Hylins reports I have now renewed my links with the gypsy travellers, my original contact with them had left their service . I have also forged links with McMillan cancer support, making them aware of the difficulties you can have in accessing long term care without a postcode as a marina […]
Talk to your MP now!
In the Chair March 2023 By the time you read this, we hope that there might just be some clarity about the future funding of both CRT and the Waterways part of the EA – I say “we hope” as it has all been so delayed, and the opinion being expressed in both organisations is […]
The only guillotine acceptable to boaters
Editors Column On November 22nd 2022 in a commons debate Michal Fabricant (MP for Lichfield), made an impassioned speech, in support of Canal and River Trust, volunteers and their efforts to maintain and restore the network. However, there was a distinct warning in his summary of what is to come: ‘Everyone here realises the importance […]
Reviving the Dead Dog
The Canal & River Trust has this week started a £533,000 ten-week project to repair the Grade II Listed Interchange Basin Towpath Bridge on the Regent’s Canal in Camden. Built in 1846, the historic bridge known locally as ‘Dead Dog bridge’, is an important local landmark carrying the Regent’s Canal towpath across the canal basin […]
Possible Funding from Water Transfer
Cotswold Canals Water Transfer Scheme Proposals are underway to secure the nation’s water resources for the future. Among the various regional groups, Water Resources South East (WRSE), an alliance of the six water companies that supply drinking water across London and the South East of England, have now submitted draft proposals for addressing the region’s […]
