…Seriously, the BW office at Devizes has sent us this job advert. Quite a lot of people who live on boats have worked for BW (and the EA) as lock keepers in the past.
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Posts Tagged ‘British Waterways’
Want to be a lockie?
Sunday, April 3rd, 2011Press Release 2: British Waterways
Sunday, April 3rd, 2011The following is a press release issued by British Waterways about the judgement in the case British Waterways v Paul Davies
1 April 2011
British Waterways welcomes today’s (31/3/11) Judgment made in Bristol County Court in which His Honour Deputy Judge O’Malley said he favoured BW’s interpretation of Section 17 of the British Waterways Act 1995 (relating to Continuous Cruising).Read more…
Cruiseway status for K and A
Sunday, March 27th, 2011K and A User Group meeting 4th April
Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011The next Kennet and Avon User Group meeting will take place on Monday 4th April 2011, 7pm-9pm at the Kennet & Avon Trust Offices, The Wharf, Devizes. Boaters have attended the past few User Group Meetings and made it clear to BW what they think of their attempts at unlawful enforcement of the Mooring Guidance for Continuous Cruisers, the Local Mooring Strategy, and other issues. Lifts may be available, contact info@boatingcommunity.org.uk
If you have questions you want to ask, or if you want to tell BW what you think, come to the User Group meeting. To put something on the agenda, contact British Waterways, Bath Road, Devizes SN10 1QR or enquiries.kennetavon@britishwaterways.co.uk clearly marked “Agenda”.
BW admit trying to price liveaboards out at Lea and Stort consultation meeting
Sunday, March 6th, 2011On March 1st and 2nd, BW were faced with packed halls of angry boaters as they held public meetings to ‘discuss’ the proposals for the Lea and Stort Navigation. It was clear that BW thought they could impose these draconian mooring restrictions without much opposition and did not expect an attendance of 300 intelligent, motivated and furious people.
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Tales from the Riverbank 2
Friday, February 18th, 2011The River Lea to be precise.
British Waterways have made proposals for the Lee Navigation that break a number of laws.
The River Lea in Bow
You can download them here; British Waterways Mooring Management Plan.
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BW is becoming a charity – what does this mean for boaters?
Wednesday, February 9th, 2011Most of us will have heard by now that BW is going to become a “Third Sector” organisation, in other words a charity. At least, that is what the government and BW want. There are two important questions for boaters. First, what will it mean legally, and second, is it really a done deal?
Firstly, all the current legislation will still apply apart from some minor exceptions. The 1971, 1983 and 1995 British Waterways Acts and the 1962 and 1968 Transport Acts will apply as they do now.
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Vote against a costly name change for BW
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011We received this message recently:
BW are running a survey to help choose its new name when it becomes a charity. Please can you urge your readers to complete the survey and tell BW/ the new charity not to change the name, as this will involve a substantial cost in re-branding signs, vehicles, etc.
You can complete the survey here
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YBGCVXF
for more information, see BW’s web site:
http://www.waterscape.com/features-and-articles/news/2947/the-name-game#