Archive for May, 2012
Wednesday, May 30th, 2012
BW’s Boating Projects report for May 2011 shows that BW is unsure whether people will pay overstaying charges. When Head of Boating Sally Ash reported on the progress of BW’s trial of “Extended stay charging” on the visitor moorings at Thrupp, she wrote: “Pertinent questions: WILL people pay? Are they more likely to pay if we offer pay-by-mobile”. This uncertainty demonstrates that the entire system of overstaying charges is nothing more than smoke and mirrors.
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Tags: enforcement, FOI request, overstaying charges, Paul Davies, Sally Ash
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
A boater sent us these photos of the work at between Whaddon and Hilperton to repair three holes in the bed of the canal. Many boats have been trapped. The stoppage is planned to end on 1st or 2nd June. Water levels may fluctuate overnight on 29th May as BW test for watertightness between Bradford and Semington locks. In summer 2011 there was a breach between Whaddon and Hilperton Marsh.
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Tags: canal maintenance, stoppages
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Saturday, May 26th, 2012
The Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee has recommended “that the Canal and River Trust demonstrates that it has taken into consideration the specific needs of all stakeholders, including itinerant boat dwellers, in the development of all future byelaws”.
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Tags: BW charity status, Canal and River Trust, continuous cruising, FOI request, liveaboards, traveller's rights
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Saturday, May 26th, 2012
A Core Group of K and A boaters held its first meeting on May 2nd in Bradford on Avon. The group’s aims are to keep informed of relevant information and developments that affect liveaboard boaters on the K and A;
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Tags: British Waterways, continuous cruising, liveaboards, meeting, traveller's rights
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Saturday, May 26th, 2012
The boat fire safety advisor from Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service will be visiting boaters along the Kennet & Avon Canal as part of boat safety week next week. Rob Buckland, who used to live on a narrowboat, will be travelling along the Wiltshire stretch of the canal between May 31 and June 5 to offer free fire safety advice and free smoke detectors to boaters.
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Tags: Fire safety, Wiltshire
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Friday, May 25th, 2012
BW’s internal Licensing and Enforcement management reports between June 2011 and March 2012 show that BW has set a target for “all boats not moving at least 30km during their contract period to be within enforcement process “. The reports were obtained by a Freedom of Information request.
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Tags: 14 day rule, British Waterways, continuous cruising, enforcement, FOI request, Section 17
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Sunday, May 20th, 2012
Streetview is coming to the cut… a boater sent us this photo of a Google Streetview camera and its operator filming on the towpath near Hilperton this month.
Tags: Lifestyle
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Sunday, May 20th, 2012
It has emerged from the minutes of a meeting on 8 December 2011 between BW and Bath and NE Somerset Council that BW intend the Local Mooring Strategy to include roving mooring permits.
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Tags: BANES Council, continuous cruising, Damian Kemp, FOI requests, liveaboards, Local Mooring Strategy, Sally Ash
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A boater sent us these photos of the work at between Whaddon and Hilperton to repair three holes in the bed of the canal. Many boats have been trapped. The stoppage is planned to end on 1st or 2nd June. Water levels may fluctuate overnight on 29th May as BW test for watertightness between Bradford and Semington locks. In summer 2011 there was a breach between Whaddon and Hilperton Marsh.