Boat Fire Safety talk, Bathampton, 22nd February
There will be a another boat fire safety talk by Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service on Monday 22nd February 2016 at 7.30pm at the George Inn, Bathampton. More are planned. Among the safety tips that...
View ArticleHungerford marina to go ahead
The proposed new marina at Hungerford is to go ahead after planners approved the revised plans of site owners Lakeland Leisure on 23rd December 2015. Planning permission for a marina at the site near...
View ArticleBoat Fire Safety talk, Bradford on Avon, 29th February
There will be another boat fire safety talk by Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service on Monday 29th February 2016 at 7.30pm at the Canal Tavern, Bradford on Avon. More are planned. Among the safety tips...
View ArticleBoats can moor on towpath during works
BaNES Council and CRT have made it clear that despite a 6-month Traffic Regulation Order to close the towpath during works to construct a new cycle path surface, boaters will still be able to moor...
View ArticleSeend stoppage to overrun
CRT has informed boaters that the stoppage at Seend, where the waterway has been closed since 22nd November 2015 to repair Seend Wharf Bridge, will not re-open until 23rd March, 12 days longer than...
View ArticleNew film about boaters on the K&A to be launched 23rd March, Bradford on Avon
Film maker Wendy Zakiewicz invites all boaters to the launch of her new film ‘Off the Cut’ on Wednesday 23rd March 2016 at 7pm at St Margaret’s Hall, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1DE. The event is supported...
View ArticleSkippers Wanted
A wonderful opportunity to do some boating in a different part of the country and get involved in a very worthwhile project. We need to find 3 experienced steerers, no certificates needed, for a...
View ArticleTrade’s End
As a holiday treat, we bring you Trade’s End by traditional folk band Whistling Treason from Bradford on Avon. You can listen to it here: https://soundcloud.com/whistlingtreason/trades-end-demo-24bit...
View ArticleBoat Fire Safety talk, 10th April, Avoncliff
There will be a Boat Fire Safety talk by Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service on Sunday 10th April at 7.30pm in the Cross Guns, Avoncliff BA15 2HB. This is an opportunity to get to one of these if Monday...
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 ArticleFire safety talk cancelled
The Boat Fire Safety talk by Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service on Sunday 10th April in the Cross Guns has unfortunately been cancelled due to staff shortages in the Fire and Rescue Service. You can...
View ArticleOff the Cut
Off the Cut, Wendy Zakiewicz’s moving documentary about a Kennet and Avon boater’s struggle against being made homeless through the actions of CRT, provides a unique insight into a community of boaters...
View ArticleBoaters meet with hire companies over ASB stag parties
Last year over 150 people, mostly liveaboard boaters, signed a letter to Avon and Somerset and Wiltshire police forces about the concerns of liveaboard boaters, leisure boaters and residents along the...
View ArticleTravelling Community Support Service job vacancy
There is a job vacancy for a Gypsy and Traveller Outreach and Engagement Worker with the Travelling Community Support Service at Julian House in Bath. The deadline is 28th April. The service supports...
View ArticleBoaters march to protect their homes
On 16th April 2016, over 200 boat dwellers including a group from the K&A marched to Downing Street to hand in a petition against CRT’s policy that threatens boaters without a home mooring with...
View ArticleBoat Fire Safety talk, Saltford, 25th April
Avon Fire and Rescue Service is giving a boat fire safety presentation (as seen on the canal) at The Jolly Sailor pub in Saltford on Monday 25th April at 7.30pm. This is part of Water Safety Awareness...
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 ArticleSpate of boat burglaries on K&A
In the week to 22nd April 2016 at least five boats on the K&A, at Pewsey and Hilperton, have been broken into. The modus operandi of the thief is very similar to that of Allan Campbell who was...
View ArticleCRT Relationship Manager: liveaboards are “gits”
CRT’s Relationship, Policy and Strategy Manager Matthew Symonds, whose job includes maintaining relationships with boaters, recently described liveaboard boaters as “gits”. Symonds, 39, met some former...
View ArticleProtest at CRT offices 10th May!
Following the handing in of the Boats are Homes petition to Prime Minister David Cameron and the Boats are Homes march, boaters are invited to join a protest at Canal & River Trust offices in Leeds...
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