Posts Tagged ‘Devizes’
Thursday, August 2nd, 2018
CRT’s review of visitor moorings between Devizes and Reading has now finished and the proposals for change have been finalised. A 12-month trial/ consultation period has begun. If any changes have an adverse effect on liveaboard boaters it’s really important that we make this clear to CRT. Send your comments to CRT or make a formal complaint.
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Tags: angling, continuous cruising, Devizes, K&A boaters action group, liveaboards, NABO, NBTA, Reading, visitor mooring review, visitor moorings, Wiltshire County Council
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2018
The next meeting of the K&A Boaters’ Action Group’s will be on Monday 13th August 2018 at 7.30pm, in the upstairs function room at The Lamb, 20 St John’s St, Devizes, SN10 1BT.
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Tags: continuous cruising, Devizes, enforcement, K&A boaters action group, liveaboards, meeting, visitor mooring review, visitor moorings
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Monday, May 21st, 2018
Mark Evans, who has been the manager of the Kennet and Avon Canal since April 2015, will lose his job as a result of CRT restructuring.
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Tags: CRT restructuring, Dale Marshall, Devizes, ex-services, Jon Horsfall, liveaboards, Mark Evans, Mike Grimes, Richard Thomas
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Monday, April 2nd, 2018
CRT is currently carrying out a review of the visitor moorings between Devizes and Reading in a consultation exercise in which most of the user groups of the K&A are represented. Five meetings were held between August 2017 and March 2018. Proposals for any changes are due to be finalised this month, April 2018, and trialled for 12 months. During the trial, all boaters will have an opportunity to comment on the changes.
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Tags: angling, continuous cruising, Devizes, liveaboards, NABO, Reading, visitor mooring review, visitor moorings, Wiltshire County Council
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Wednesday, February 14th, 2018
There will be a Boat Fire Safety Talk at the Black Horse, Bath Road, Devizes SN10 2AU (between locks 47 and 48) on Monday 19th February 2018 at 7.30pm. There will also be one at the George in Bathampton on Monday 12th March.
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Tags: boat fire safety, continuous cruising, Devizes, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, Fire safety, fire safety advice, homelessness, liveaboards, safety
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Wednesday, November 8th, 2017
There will be a Boat Fire Safety presentation at the Black Horse, Bath Rd, Devizes SN10 2AU (between locks 47 and 48), on Monday 13th November 2017 at 7.30pm. There will also be one in the Bath area later this winter, the date is to be confirmed.
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Tags: boat fire safety, continuous cruising, Devizes, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, Fire safety, fire safety advice, homelessness, liveaboards, safety
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Thursday, October 12th, 2017
Three Boat Fire Safety presentations are planned this winter so far. The first is this Monday 16th October 2017 at 7.30pm at the Canal Tavern, below the lock in Bradford on Avon.
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Tags: boat fire safety, Bradford-on-Avon, continuous cruising, Devizes, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, Fire safety, fire safety advice, homelessness, liveaboards, safety
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Sunday, September 24th, 2017
The next meeting of the K&A Boaters’ Action Group will be on Monday 9th October 2017 at 7.30pm in the Function Room at the Bell By The Green, Estcourt Street, Devizes SN10 1LQ (next to Morrisons and opposite the Green). All are welcome.
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Tags: boat fire safety, continuous cruising, Devizes, enforcement, Fire safety, K&A boaters action group, liveaboards, meeting, towpath, towpath tidy
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Thursday, August 17th, 2017
Yesterday (16th August 2017) CRT seized a boat that was a vulnerable person’s home using its powers under Sections 8 and 13 of the British Waterways Acts 1983 and 1971. The boat was craned out at Devizes Wharf at 11am and taken to an unknown location by road. There were 8 bailiffs and enforcement staff present.
UPDATE: It has been reported that the evicted person is now sleeping rough.
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Tags: bailiffs, Boater eviction, Devizes, enforcement, eviction, liveaboards, Matthew Preston, Section 8, Sheila Shaw
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Friday, July 7th, 2017
It’s summer – time to think about making sure your boat is fire safe for next winter! We have 10 Fire Safety packs for boaters who need them, from Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service. Call or text 07928 078208 or email info@boatingcommunity.org.uk to arrange to collect one.
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Tags: boat fire safety, continuous cruisers, Devizes, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, Fire safety, fire safety advice, homelessness, liveaboards, safety
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