ONE boater was 'lucky' when his boat caught fire in respect that it had a working smoke alarm installed, that perhaps saved his life.
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FROM years of encouraging cyclists to use the Regents Canal towpath, Canal & River Trust have at last realised that the speeding cyclists are dangerous, so are now telling them to use the roads instead.
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Once again the New Years Honours list contains plenty of civil servants and MPs, one of these is Margaret Beckett MP.
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There is a value to the system from regular users, mostly making sure things work, and are reported if they don't.
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RALPH Freeman's latest piece where, in his last paragraph, he reckons the enforcement johnnies appear to have been instrumental in his troubles, only serves to remind me that their supposed manager, Paul Griffin, has still not answered my questions, posed earlier on here, writes John Wilkinson.
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OVER the past weeks narrowboatworld has been literally crammed with opinions about continuous cruisers and continuous moorers, and so it is time for a rest from the subject—for the foreseeable future—unless some decision comes from Canal & River Trust.
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I NOTICE the matter of the Inland Waterways Association hijacking the voting for the four independent boaters' places on CaRT has again raised its ugly head.
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I ALWAYS considered the work of the Inland Waterways Association as being important, and although I was not a member, I did seriously consider joining once we bought our boat in 2010, writes Peter Ponting.
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Once again narrowboatworld is supporting a campaign against 'continuous moorers' and residential boaters that is based on prejudice and opinionated views rather than facts. [Just publishing your emails—Editor.]
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