THE Canal & River Trust has announced the results of the voting to elect new representatives for its Council, with each elected candidate taking up their voluntary post for four years starting in March 2016.
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THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) recently appointed Director of Marketing, Communications and Fundraising, Sophie Castell, has wasted little time in advertising for a new Head of Fundraising, writes Allan Richards.
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I think the matter of all those visitors that CaRT claims to visit its waterways, as it will not tell us how it really arrived at its figure, it should be put in perspective.
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Just to redress the balance some what with regard to the Trust's licensing team I would like to recount a positive story.
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As far as I am aware, cyclists don't pay licences to ride on the towpath. So point number one: is that correct? Asks Martin Banks.
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II IS this time of year when many folk consider making New Year Resolutions and it occurred to me while cogitating over narrowboatworld with the necessary cup of tea that Canal & River Trust (CaRT) should make a few and try and stick to them, writes Orph Mable.
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EXTRAPOLATION from small samples to a whole population is always a dangerous statistical exercise and the results should always be accompanied by statements about the error band around a single number—so often it is only the latter that is cited, writes Mike Todd.
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I can but agree with Martin Brooks on his suggestion about using this time of year to build bridges, but it needs some help.
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AFTER a cyclist received compensation from a woman walking her dog on a lead on the towpath because it fetched him of his bike, now a cyclist throws a woman down steps for not having her dog on a lead!
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I HAVE noticed over the last two or three years, an increase in the number of narrowboats which are moored not only by the usual method of a rope fore and aft, but in addition with the boat's centre line tightly attached to a ring or mooring pin, writes Ray Fincham.