NBTA London Legal Rights Meeting

[Alan de Enfield]

That looks like cotswoldman you are quoting there.

 

Dave Mayall is so far off with his present diatribes, he may as well join the MRLB.

Is that "Matty's Real Live Boaters"

[Wanted]

That looks like cotswoldman you are quoting there.

 

Dave Mayall is so far off with his present diatribes, he may as well join the MRLB.

I saw this and thought of John!

 

MRLB?

 

All I could find was a baseball reference and an airport in Costa Rica...

[alan_fincher]

MRLB?

 

All I could find was a baseball reference and an airport in Costa Rica...

 

Mayall Respects London Boaters?

 

(Perhaps not!!)

[mark99]

 

 

I'm sorry I must have missed where Earl Grey was classed as proper tea - could you point me to a source?

[John V]

....Back of my Waitrose box of Earl Grey teabags......"Tea 98.7% flavourings 1.3%" QED

[mark99]

....Back of my Waitrose box of Earl Grey teabags......"Tea 98.7% flavourings 1.3%" QED

 

 

Oxymoron = proper tea and teabag...........

[Alf Roberts]

Strewth!!!!!! A forum concensus.

 

Mind I quite like Earl Grey - in its place - but the name? Absurd.

 

It's not an Earl and it's not Grey

Edited October 7, 2014 by Alf Roberts

[John V]

 

 

Oxymoron = proper tea and teabag...........

 

 

Ok then..(huh! pedants) from the side of my tin of loose leaf Earl Grey (Ahmad Tea) "a subtle blend of quality black tea scented with the elegant fragrance of bergamot"

 

eta dread to think what the comments would be about Lady Grey tea!

Edited October 7, 2014 by John V

[ditchcrawler]

You do spout some drivel when I was a salesman many years ago traveling all round the UK we were known as Travelers

So were all the ones who came to my grandfathers shop

[peterboat]

So are the snakeoil salesmen that come to our garage

 

Peter

[Wanted]

I was going to suggest Lapdance shoeshine...

[John V]

Not broken Orange Pekoe ?

 

 

Don't know if you've been there or not but if you're around Harrogate try Betty's tea shop....quite an experience

Edited October 7, 2014 by John V

[Sabcat]

Proudhon, not Marx.

[Wanted]

Who you callin a no Marx?

[Sabcat]

[NBTA London]

Just a quick reminder:

 

Meanderers Against Yet Another Legally Indefensible Disaster will be holding a public meeting in London on the evening of Thursday 6th November .

 

Reserve Your Place Now

[alan_fincher]

Meanderers Against Yet Another Legally Indefensible Disaster will be holding a public meeting in London on the evening of Thursday 6th November .

 

Mayalid ?

 

That didn't quite work, did it!

 

How about "Moored all year and looking legally dodgy"?

[NBTA London]

Mayalld???

 

That's a silly name!

[NBTA London]

We have just been informed that this meeting is now fully booked.

 

As there is obviously a high demand for this sort of thing, it is likely that we will be organising something similar in the future.

[PiRSqwared]

 

My thoughts too.

 

In fact the perception that they are not national (K&A based), not bargees (NB owners) and don't travel (CMers support group) is something that works constantly against them.

 

The leadership would do well to focus on dispelling these misconceptions.

 

MtB

You mean by mentioning that this is a London based initiative...oh they did already.

[NigelMoore]

The NBTA London meeting was attended by 3 dozen people, and apparently followed “live” via streaming video by about 100 more. It is important to recognise that education of boaters as well as authority – both as to rights and as to responsibilities – is all the more essential as population pressures grow. Also, if appropriate enforcement is to take place in the interests of good canal management, authority needs to recognise the futility of inappropriate enforcement, by way of being put on notice that boaters are becoming more educated. Meetings such as this where newcomers are able to gain knowledge and reassurance are invaluable.

 

As a boating 'community’, the one avenue we can have most influence on is, of course, our own conduct, and the latest situational review and comment from Friends of Regents Canal is apposite –

 

http://friendsofregentscanal.org/features/mooring/overcrowding/KX-Oct-2014.html

 

Ian Shacklock comments: “This is a space war not a class war and any disputes between seemingly privileged home owners and nomadic boaters are a convenient distraction from a wider problem that the authorities are struggling to resolve.

 

My biggest fear is that if boating communities cannot police themselves then the towpath will one day fall prey to market forces and some of the people who add most value to the canal will be priced off the territory they care for.

 

The canal could become as sterile as many other parts of central London.”

[Peter Cruiser]

Good to see a boating association holding an open meeting for boaters addressing fears of enforcement and how to challenge any threat to their way of life. Shame about Nick Brown's comment to fight CRT in court for the benefit of the boating community, that you would be letting the community down if you did any less. Lots of focus on section 8 proceedings, wouldn't more focus on avoiding any enforcement be better, l can't think many people want to wait until a section 8 to take action. Offers of being a mackenzie friend by NBTA, no mention of previous cases where Nick has been a mackenzie friend and a poor boater with disabilities ended up with

a massive court bill.