An enforcement officer has been forced to reconsider ordering an injured boater to move within 48 hours, and has agreed that the boater can stay on a visitor mooring for the time that a doctor has recommended for the injury to heal.
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Enforcement bully backs down after complaint from injured boater
Saturday, January 19th, 2013Save Bradford on Avon Post Office!
Saturday, January 19th, 2013The Post Office is proposing to close its branch in The Shambles, Bradford on Avon and replace it with a counter in Budgen’s. This is likely to mean the end of the Poste Restante service that so many boaters rely on to receive mail promptly. There is a consultation by the Post Office that ends on Friday 1st February.
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Towpath tidy 26th January Widbrook to Hilperton
Friday, January 18th, 2013Xmas Competition!
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
Dredging – not just a figment of the imagination! The first person to tell us correctly where on the K&A this photo was taken wins a bar of chocolate! And there’s a bottle of something nice for whoever can think of the best caption for this picture. Email your answers and creative efforts to info@boatingcommunity.org.uk or put them on a comment below, or text 07928 078208, before midnight on 31st December 2012.
Boaters action group next meeting 10th December in Bradford on Avon
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012Dundas Carol Service 1st December
Saturday, November 24th, 2012All boaters are invited to the Christmas carol service at Dundas basin on Saturday 1st December at 6pm. The service will be led by Rev Peter Atwill of Canal Ministries, who lives on Nb Gospel Belle. Mince pies and mulled wine will be served afterwards. There will also be a carol service at Devizes wharf on Saturday 8th December at 6pm.
Health matters
Saturday, November 24th, 2012Sign up online to K&A Boaters’ Code of Conduct
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
You can now sign up to the K&A Boaters’ Code of Conduct online. Just go to
http://kanda.boatingcommunity.org.uk/wordpress/ka-boaters-code-of-conduct/
and click on “Sign me up”. You can add comments or your boat name if you want. You can also print out stickers in different sizes for your boat window that include a QR code for smart phones to read, so that other boaters and towpath users can find out about the Code of Conduct.
Boaters’ Voices DVD launch, 14th November, Devizes
Monday, November 12th, 2012