Battlelines 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 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...
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 ArticleBoats Are Homes demo and flotilla, London, 24th-25th May
A ‘Boats Are Homes’ demonstration in London will take place on 24th May 2019 starting with a rally on the Grand Union Canal next to Paddington station at 1pm and marching to the Canal & River Trust...
View ArticleBaNES consultation on Mead Lane moorings, respond by 31st Oct, drop-in...
BaNES Council is holding another consultation about the moorings at Mead Lane, Saltford, on the River Avon. The deadline is 31st October 2019. Please respond to this so that the views of boaters...
View ArticleBaNES to decide future of Mead Lane moorings on 8th October after survey...
In January 2020 BaNES Council attempted to close the 14-day moorings at Mead Lane, Saltford following a long campaign by local residents hostile to liveaboard boaters. Allegations were made that the...
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