Tim Lewis

very few places near London do gritblasting, the only one in London that I am aware of is P and S at Watford. This is my list of yards in the London Area: http://www.timslondonwaterwayphotos.uk/index.php/regent-s-canal-3/london-dry-docks-slipways

Mathew Parris in todays Times: Many years ago, at a party conference in Birmingham with its wonderful, well-tended network of canals, a volunteer talked me into signing up for a small, regular contribution to the charity on to which the government had offloaded its responsibilities for maintaining Britain’s incredible waterways. Ever since, I’ve followed the work of that brilliantly run charity, the Canal & River Trust. In government ownership our canals had been heading for ruin (see Treasury, above). Today, though, a huge amount is being done to repair, restore and maintain. Most of the cost comes from donors and fees from boat owners, but government contributes a quarter. Ministers have just announced a decision to cut this contribution by freezing it for a decade, as inflation eats into its value. The trust is in despair. Walk by a canal, as I so often do. Write to your MP.

The £50m PA odd pounds raised from their property portfolio goes into the general pot for the running of CRT

https://britishmarine.co.uk/News/2023/July/Invitation-to-join-Fund-Britains-Waterways

Article in Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/government-therese-coffey-canals-trust-nhs-b2372510.html

Iwa response: https://waterways.org.uk/about-us/news/governments-waterways-funding-cuts-will-hit-uk-economy-ecology-and-health?fbclid=IwAR2GzdOMeDaLDXLsiEoilfvzdnPmGhaiCpzNYqy0lLtm2PoRltJidyChnqA_aem_AQ2OxEYEse_VPecBK1GDx58LdwqEZkRJR_NYWQ1Z0rFS61GRkMPm7uiWPvrOS4r3Jjw

£40m a year is considerably less than the current grant

https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2023-07-10/hcws924

Energy bill support: More than 700,000 households miss out https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66124201

https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/23638998.maggie-hopcroft-boat-bridgwater-taunton-canal-eviction/?ref=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR1Fanh633OPuxZ93GJQwyHW2jd-1y8Orf-Uy3S8XcUJrP-9C34iEIQeVPA_aem_AdV2-bOrIwu_d7ARKU9ot7nmaNXK4PPu7XdDzFCa_izXGKbnEOmTkFlKi8e2OH2T7n0

Posted a month ago under the 'Another Canal Side Property For Sale' Thread

Tell that to Network Rail!

Currently up for sale at £10k

Willowtree Marina or Highline on the Paddington Arm, best part of 30 mikes lock free cruising 😀

If you are joining a campaigning charity for what you can get out of it you are joining for the wrong reasons.

https://www.warwickshireworld.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/tv-presenter-and-pop-mogul-pete-waterman-opens-braunstons-historic-narrowboat-festival-4196720

Its replacement is being craned in this week 😀

A good weekend to be out on the Tideway 😀

There are 34 Narrowboat heading upstream though town soon, will be passing Tower bridge at about 2.15

There are 34 Narrowboat heading upstream though town soon, will be passing Tower bridge at about 2.15

Aylesbury Canal Society has a covers heated (And ventilated) dock at Circus Fields Marina! Slipway (Dry dock) – Aylesbury Canal Society