CRT to inform boaters of Towpath Mooring Plan after Easter but no long term...
CRT is to contact boaters on the K&A after Easter to inform them of what they need to do to follow the Towpath Mooring Plan. A map and an explanation of how the Towpath Mooring Plan will work will...
View ArticleInterim 12-month local plan for western K&A starts today
The interim 12-month local plan for the K&A between Bath and Foxhangers starts today, 1st May 2014. We publish the information that was emailed to boaters on the K&A yesterday below and we will...
View ArticleLast Request of retiring Head of Boating: our analysis of the K&A Interim...
Here we bring you our analysis of the K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan. We start with the issue of what will happen when the 12-month trial period ends on 1st May 2015, because CRT’s statements...
View ArticleBaNES Council publishes Phone Book for Gypsies and Travellers
BaNES Council has recently published the Phone book for gypsy and travelling families living in Bath and North East Somerset. The handbook contains information about health, education and other...
View ArticleVolunteer enforcer harasses liveaboard without home mooring
A volunteer mooring ranger told a boater without a home mooring recently that “You are one of those continuous cruisers that won’t follow the rules”, demonstrating a prejudiced attitude that is...
View ArticleWhat to do if CRT tell you your boat has not been sighted in enough...
This month, many boaters received a letter from CRT alleging that their boat was sighted in less than the “required” number of “neighbourhoods” between Bath and Foxhangers during the three months from...
View ArticleLies, damned lies and CRT boat sightings
A boater has carried out an evaluation of the statistics on boat movement in CRT’s first quarterly report on the K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan. Our correspondent reports: There is no stated...
View ArticleQuiet zone for Wilcot
Residents, boaters and CRT agreed last week that there was a case for making parts of Wilcot on the Long Pound a Quiet Mooring Zone. The Pewsey Canal Action Group’s second meeting on 2nd October 2014...
View ArticleBoat sighting chaos for K&A Local Plan
The number of boaters who have received enforcement letters from CRT even though they have “complied” with the K&A Interim 12-month Local Plan continues to rise. We are aware of at least 25 boaters...
View ArticleCRT give clarification on distance required
Following from their recent letter to all boaters without a home mooring telling them they are expected to move ‘a certain distance’ without specifying that distance, some boaters have written to CRT...
View ArticleHas CRT restricted your boat licence to 3 or 6 months? Come to this meeting,...
There will be a meeting for boaters on ‘restricted’ licences on Tuesday 15th March 2016 at 6pm to 9pm at the Cross Guns pub, Avoncliff BA15 2HB. Initial evidence suggests a strong correlation between...
View ArticleSecond meeting for boaters on ‘restricted’ licences, 29th March, Avoncliff
On Tuesday 29th March at 7pm to 9pm at the Cross Guns, Avoncliff BA15 2HB, there will be a second meeting for any boaters who have been put onto ‘restricted’ 3 or 6 month licences by CRT, or whose...
View ArticleMeeting for boaters on ‘restricted’ licences, 12th April, Avoncliff
There will be a meeting on Tuesday 12th April, 7pm to 9pm, at the Cross Guns, Avoncliff BA15 2HB for all boaters without home moorings who have been put onto 3 or 6 month ‘restricted’ licences by CRT...
View ArticleBattlelines drawn
Nick Brown of NBTA met with CRT yesterday. This is his summary of that meeting. “Meeting with CRT in MK: Head of Legal (Jackie Lewis), another of the Legal Team (Tom Deards), Head of Boating (Mike...
View ArticleHead teacher condemns CRT’s “inhumane” enforcement policy in meeting with MP
A primary school head condemned CRT’s enforcement policy against boats without home moorings as “inhumane” because of its detrimental effect on boat children, in a meeting between CRT chief Richard...
View ArticleBaNES invites liveaboards to participate in focus group for waterway users,...
The BaNES Water Space Partnership (BaNES Council, CRT, Environment Agency and Wessex Water) has commissioned a study looking at the use of the River Avon and the Kennet and Avon Canal within the BaNES...
View ArticleBaNES Council trial of 14 day moorings at Mead Lane in support of liveaboards
BaNES Council presented its mooring trial and parking review for Mead Lane on the River Avon at the Saltford Parish Council meeting on 1st November. Signs were put up on 8th November and the ‘no...
View ArticleRiver Avon boaters needed to represent liveaboards at River Users Forum, 11th...
A few more liveaboard boaters are needed to attend the River Avon Users Forum meetings to represent the boating community. The next meeting is on Tuesday 11th July at 7.30pm in Saltford Rowing Club,...
View ArticleWhy car parking has become more important for liveaboards
Please respond to Mead Lane consultation below As liveaboard boaters without home moorings are being unlawfully forced by CRT to travel longer distances to avoid having our homes seized and removed,...
View ArticleOutreach boat at Dundas, 7th November: paper copies of CRT licence...
The Boaters’ Cafe Club outreach boat will be at Dundas basin next Tuesday 7th November 2017 from 12 noon to 4pm. The main attraction is a spoken word and poetry workshop with Dru Marland. The workshop...
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