K&A boaters action group next meet 11th November, Pewsey
The next meeting of the K&A boaters action group will be on Monday 11th November at 7.30pm in Pewsey. Among other things, the group will be planning how to make sure that as many boaters as...
View ArticleOnly 9 more days for K&A mooring consultation
There are only 9 more days to go for the K&A mooring consultation. Make sure you send your questionnaire to arrive by next Friday 29th November. There’s an example response here...
View ArticleK&A Partnership wants your views on plan for K&A – by Friday!
The K&A Waterways Partnership wants your views on its draft plan for improving the K&A waterways over the next decade. Unfortunately it only wants your views if you can comment by 20th...
View ArticleCRT consultation on shared towpath use ends 2nd May
CRT is currently running an online-only consultation on the shared use of towpaths. It has published a proposed code of conduct for sharing towpaths. This code refers to cyclists, pedestrians, anglers...
View ArticleHow much has Sally Ash cost boaters?
Sally Ash, the unpopular Head of Boating, finally retires at the end of this month after 38 years working for BW and CRT. She joined BW as a researcher in 1976 following a Masters degree at Reading...
View ArticleCRT moorings consultation sparks angry petition
CRT is holding another consultation on methods for allocation of its directly managed moorings, but despite the previous consultation in 2008 showing overwhelming opposition to the principle of an...
View ArticleLiveaboards needed to attend K&A Partnership AGM this Wednesday 12th November
The K&A Local Waterway Partnership is holding its Annual Meeting this Wednesday, 12th November 2014. It will be at Bath Cricket Club, North Parade Bridge Road, Bath BA2 4EX from 7pm to 8.30pm....
View ArticleConsultation on bus service cuts in Pewsey Vale ends 10th December
Wiltshire Council is running a consultation until 10th December on proposed cuts to bus services in the Pewsey Vale. The Connect2 bookable buses, which are the only buses that serve the majority of the...
View ArticleVisitor moorings to become 14 days in winter
CRT has released information about its new visitor mooring framework which confirms that most visitor moorings will revert to 14 days between 1st November and 31st March, unless there are strong...
View ArticleResist CRT’s changes to boat licence conditions: respond by 31st March
On 30th January, CRT announced changes to the boat licence terms and conditions which it claims are not “a significant change of policy by the Trust”. However, many of these changes seek to unlawfully...
View ArticleBaNES to hold consultation sessions on towpath upgrade
Following pressure from local residents, towpath users and some boaters, BaNES Council is holding two public consultation sessions on 28th and 29th August regarding its plans to upgrade the towpath...
View ArticleBaNES towpath consultation deadline is 11th September
The deadline for the consultation about BaNES Council’s plans to upgrade the towpath along the K&A between Sydney Gardens and Bathampton is 11th September. There is an online questionnaire and...
View ArticleK&A Boaters Action Group meeting, 14th August, Seend
The next meeting of the K&A Boaters’ Action Group will be on Monday August 14th 2017 at 7.30pm at the Brewery Inn, 69 Seend Cleeve, SN12 6PX – a short walk up the hill from locks 18 and 19. All are...
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 ArticleImportant – please respond to CRT’s boat licensing review consultation by...
Boaters may have received an email or a letter from CRT with a link for the consultation questionnaire for CRT’s review of boat licensing. This consultation contains two proposals to increase the cost...
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...
View ArticleFull example response to CRT Boat Licence Review consultation
We publish here a full example response to Stage 3 of CRT’s Boat Licence Review consultation Example full response CRT licence consultation 2017. Here also is a pdf copy of the blank questionnaire for...
View ArticleMeeting to fill in CRT licence consultation, 11th December, Bradford on Avon
The next meeting of the K&A Boaters’ Action Group will be on Monday 11th December 2017 at 7.30pm in the Canal Tavern, 49 Frome Rd, Bradford on Avon BA15 1LE. We will have lots of paper copies of...
View ArticleOutreach boat at Bathampton, 5th December
The Boaters’ Cafe Club outreach boat Litania will be at Bathampton Wharf next Tuesday 5th December 2017 from 12 noon to 4pm. Come and be crafty and make some colourful woolly things to yarnbomb along...
View ArticleMeeting to prepare for outcome of CRT licence review, 12th Feb, Semington
The next meeting of the K&A Boaters’ Action Group will be on Monday 12th February 2018 at 7.30pm at the Somerset Arms, High St, Semington BA14 6JR, a 5 minute walk south from the canal bridge. All...
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