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Awaiting a reply on this from Tom Freeland as the cruising time from Wheaton to Tyrley does not comply with CRT's new policy.
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Do we know what length his boat is? It may be too long for Keadby.
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Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding
wandering snail replied to beerbeerbeerbeerbeer's topic in Living Afloat
Please ask Matthew Symonds for clarification as it was he who said it. -
Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding
wandering snail replied to beerbeerbeerbeerbeer's topic in Living Afloat
CRT will announce the details from the licence review September or latest, October. The licence increase will be announced in November after the Bank of England announces its interest rate. -
Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding
wandering snail replied to beerbeerbeerbeerbeer's topic in Living Afloat
From the government: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/energy-bill-support-if-you-do-not-get-it-automatically-continuous-cruisers -
Having just come off the BCN, I should have added that myself 🤪
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Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding
wandering snail replied to beerbeerbeerbeerbeer's topic in Living Afloat
If you ring CRT and select option 1, there's a recorded message about this. It has taken an inordinate amount of time for the BEIS to finally attempt a way forward. -
That's the wonderful Lewis Warner, such a supporter of the BCN at such a tender age! He's covered the threats to the canal system from lack of funding since November last year, the first I think of any of the main stream media channels to do so. See https://www.itv.com/news/central/2022-11-15/canals-will-go-to-wreck-and-ruin-over-failure-to-commit-to-funding-upkeep
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This is one of the reasons we are a tad reluctant to keep going back to the BCN. Apart from a tyre on the prop and the usual amount of plastic, fishing line and weed, we've thankfully got past with no problem a sunken bath, lots of shopping trollies, road cones and numerous kitchen cupboard fronts. Until peeps and industries alongside these canals see them as something other than a tip, the closure of these canals will not affect them. Easy to become depressed, except - so many walkers and cyclists that we are engaging in conversation along the towpaths here on our way to the Brum protest are very concerned. This needs sharing and maybe education in local schools with visits to the many joys of these green spaces. For once, I agree with CRT's community outreach arm. The unique UK canals really are for everyone.
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Tonka et al - here's the link in case you haven't yet seen the list of all the associations who have come together to publicise the funding shortfall and attempt to get this government to think again. How about you all come along to see for yourselves what it's all about next weekend, by boat just turn up or, just as importantly, be on the towpath. Or at least sign the petition? Anyway, scroll down on the link to see how many well established groups have united for this: https://waterways.org.uk/fund-britains-waterways#:~:text=Fund Britain's Waterways (FBW) is,and supporters of inland waterways.
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IWA is only one of many waterways organisations that have come together for this initiative. They include NABO, RYA, AWCC, BMA and RBOA, to name a few. Ivor of RBOA is leading the small team who is organising this Birmingham flotilla, hence his name on the email. The IWA has the infrastructure and paid staff to put together the group info online, hence it looks a bit like it's all being done by them.
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Update - FBW will communicate with entrants later this week. This will be very simple, boaters gather at any suitable mooring outside the city centre and cruise to arrive at the Mailbox by 11.00am on the Sunday. The team doesn’t intend to super-organise the Saturday moorings but hope to get around them on the evening. There's a site meeting on Wednesday to make final arrangement with the manager of the Mailbox and CRT people and will then send out ‘instructions’. Come along, no one will be turned away on the day and there are no booked moorings! Please join us, if not by boat it will good to see the towpaths adjacent to the Mailbox crowded with supporters.
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Calor Gas currently not supplying new fills
wandering snail replied to PeterF's topic in General Boating
Waterway user groups are trying to get a better picture of where the problems may be and have put together a survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/N3S33H7