The CRT South East visitor mooring consultation ends this Friday 1st March. Please respond if you can. Below we publish an example response to the consultation, apart from comments on individual locations.
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Archive for February, 2013
SE Visitor Mooring Consultation example response
Monday, February 25th, 2013The inaugural 24 hour Seagull challenge
Monday, February 18th, 2013Reading to Bath, March 8th 2013
in aid of the Wiltshire Air Ambulance Service
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A gruelling test of man, dog and machine.
The British Seagull engine is legendary for being reliable, simple and almost indestructible. The British Admiralty ordered 1,000s in World War II specifying that they should ‘run for 24 hours non-stop’.
Well, three intrepid Kennet and Avon Boaters are to test this assertion in their own unique combination of Wacky Races, Three Men in a Boat and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Floating Machines.
Starting from Reading they will attempt a non-stop cruise of the Canal to Bath in a small dinghy powered by a Seagull engine. And, we assume, a copious supply of two-stroke oil and petrol.
The intention is to raise enough money for 24hours of operation for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance, a charity without central government funding that, since its launch some 21 years ago, has attended literally thousands of incidents, providing an essential emergency medical service throughout the County of Wiltshire. It takes £1,917 to keep the air ambulance flying for 24 hours.
You won’t miss them passing – no matter what time of day or night—give them a cheer as they pass—or shout at them for waking you up, they won’t tell the difference over that din.
Now, I’m off to search eBay for electric outboards.
CRT lose Section 8 case after 6-year court battle
Thursday, February 14th, 2013We have just received the following press release from Nigel Moore, who has won his case on appeal:
“They used to boast that they had never lost a Section 8 case, but the Canal & River Trust now have suffered a significant setback with regard to the extent of their claimed powers over boaters.
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Diesel thief between Bath and Bradford on Avon
Saturday, February 9th, 2013K and A boaters’ action group meeting 11th February, Seend
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013The next meeting of the K and A boaters’ action group will be on Monday 11th February at 7.30pm in Seend. If you have some time to contribute over the next few months (or longer) defending our rights as liveaboards; doing constructive things like towpath tidies; engaging in dialogue – where possible – with CRT etc, then we would like you to be in the group.
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Another CRT resignation ahead of Parliamentary scrutiny of waterways partnerships
Saturday, February 2nd, 2013Councillor Fleur de Rhé-Philipe, Chair of the Kennet and Avon Local Waterway Partnership, resigned this week. Tamsin Phipps, who represents canoeists on the Partnership, is now acting as the temporary Chair. The Partnership is about to release its review of the K&A local mooring strategy proposals.
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