CaRT not wanted

IN 2014 I attended a meeting chaired by the Chairman of the Basingstoke Canal Society, writes Ken Churchill.

When he said the future of the canal, could be its transfer to CaRT I gasped out loud. He asked me why and I explained the risk of continuous cruisers [moorers] relocating in numbers to commute to London by train from Woking.

Not the future

All attending agreed that CaRT ownership/continuous commuters would not be their chosen future for the canal.

After the meeting the Chairman and I had a lengthy chat which included the proposed link 'North from Greywell to the Thames with a spur to Basingstoke. Sounds good to me. The Bats can reside in peace inside Greywell Tunnel... I don't know if any progress has been made on this proposal.

Another one off to Ireland

Ken at the bottom of Caen Hill Flight, cruising to Bath, then lift out and transport to Ireland of my 107 year old Dutch Barge Kokanje—which in Dutch legend means Nice in Paradise.