A boater is planning a sponsored hitch-hike by boat along the K&A from 1st to 6th September to raise funds for Dorothy House Hospice in Winsley.
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Archive for August, 2014
K&A relay in September to raise funds for hospice
Thursday, August 28th, 2014CRT releases first report on K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014BaNES Council may become a navigation authority
Monday, August 25th, 2014Local mooring plan is “sheer harassment” says boater
Wednesday, August 20th, 2014A boater left his berth at Caen Hill marina and spent three days moored on the towpath. Then his engine broke down. He took his boat into the Foxhangers hire boat base for repairs, and it was moored there for a further three days while the repairs are being done. He then received an email from CRT saying that he has been moored in one “neighbourhood” for longer than 14 days and he should move.
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What to do if CRT tell you that you have incurred a £25 extended stay “charge”
Tuesday, August 19th, 2014A number of boaters have received letters from CRT alleging that they have overstayed on Visitor Moorings and either demanding £25 per day “extended stay charge” or stating that CRT could have imposed a charge of £25 per day but it was waived it in this instance as the Local Plan has not been in place for very long. We recommend that anyone who receives one of these letters makes a formal complaint.
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Bathampton Post Office to close down
Monday, August 18th, 2014CRT ‘publish’ map of places
Friday, August 15th, 2014In direct contradiction of an undertaking given to the boating organisations, CRT has published a map of places in an attempt to define the word ‘place’ as used in Section 17 3 c ii of the 1995 British Waterways Act, deliberately left ambiguous by Parliament.
This document outlines the procedure
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Boat checkers are now Licensing Officers
Wednesday, August 13th, 2014Dead Rat Orchestra brings “The Cut” to the K&A
Friday, August 8th, 2014Innovative folk performers Dead Rat Orchestra are bringing their 2014 show “The Cut” about the songs, sounds and heritage of the canals to the K&A from 10th to 16th August. The Orchestra will visit Crofton, Pewsey, Devizes, Bradford on Avon, Avoncliff, Bath and finally Bristol Harbour where the group’s 273-mile tour of the waterways ends at the Arnolfini Gallery.
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