SINCE the Canal & River Trust's inception it has been strongly allied in various ways with one particular body—the Inland Waterways Association, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.
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THE Canal & River Trust chief executive, Richard Parry, has admitted that the reconstituted Waterways Ombudsman Committee does not have 'user' members, writes Allan Richards.
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WE ARE now well and truly along the Shroppie, with lovely long clear sections through most attractive scenery but far too many long lines of moored boats.
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BOATERS on a continuous cruiser licence, wanting to stay in one place without paying for a mooring, known as 'continuous moorers', completely hijacked the Canal & River Trust '10 years' meeting chaired by Chief Executive Richard Parry in Birmingham.
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THE Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has refused to supply information it holds relating to the Canal & River Trust (CaRT) Waterways Ombudsman scandal (Sham Ombudsman to remain), writes Allan Richards.
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THE Kennet & Avon is closed at Crofton, and will remain so 'until further notice.
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AS MY regular readers will know we were thwarted from our intention of making it to Bugsworth Basin by our friends at CaRT deciding not to open the Peak Forest Canal as promised—but what's new, eh?
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I think Eric Weiss (Bargees collision course with CaRT) has summed things up very well there, writes Martin Brooks.
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TO FURTHER the attraction of Mercia Marina moorings, six commercial units have been released with the Mug Tug being the latest to take up 'residence'.
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WHILST not wishing to make waves I have to ask how it is that the 14 days rule for boaters mooring on a towpath, as laid out in the 1995 Waterways Act, can be so easily changed, purely to suit the purpose of the Trust? Asks Pam Pickett.
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