Letter to Mark Stephens (new waterway manager) regarding maintenance of...
Email sent to BW Gloucester 24 October 2009 Dear Mark, firstly I would like to welcome you to your new position as waterway manager for the Kennet & Avon Canal. Water Shortage on the K & A As a...
View ArticleHire boats burgled at Avoncliff
Two Oxfordshire Narrowboats hire boats were broken into at Avoncliff in the early evening after dark yesterday and valuables including laptops were stolen. The spate of boat burglaries has continued...
View ArticleAvoncliff planning application: comment by Friday 21st February
There is a planning application for a permanent trade mooring at Bridge 173 at Avoncliff (Smelly Bridge) for a cafe boat. The cafe will be open every day from 8.30am to 7pm. If you have any concerns...
View ArticleNew water tap for Avoncliff
A new water tap is going to be installed at Avoncliff this year, according to K&A Manager Mark Stephens. This is to conserve water by avoiding the need for boats to go up through Bradford lock and...
View ArticleCEO in knots over K&A mooring plan
An open meeting last night with Richard Parry saw the CRT Chief Executive tying himself in knots trying to convince the audience that the K&A Interim 12.month Local Plan is not dead in the water....
View ArticleQuiet zone for Wilcot
Residents, boaters and CRT agreed last week that there was a case for making parts of Wilcot on the Long Pound a Quiet Mooring Zone. The Pewsey Canal Action Group’s second meeting on 2nd October 2014...
View ArticleAnother Boat Fire Safety talk, Avoncliff, 1st February
There will be a another boat fire safety talk on Monday 1st February 2016 at 7.30pm at the Cross Guns, Avoncliff, BA15 2HB. More are planned. Colin Owens from Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service rural...
View ArticleBoat Fire Safety talk, 10th April, Avoncliff
There will be a Boat Fire Safety talk by Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service on Sunday 10th April at 7.30pm in the Cross Guns, Avoncliff BA15 2HB. This is an opportunity to get to one of these if Monday...
View ArticleBoat Fire Safety talk, Avoncliff, 21st November and more to come
There will be a Boat Fire Safety talk at the Cross Guns in Avoncliff, on Monday 21st November 2016 at 7.30pm. The Fire Service will be giving out free smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors and...
View ArticleCalico Jack to play at Cross Guns re-opening, 1st March
Boatie band Calico Jack will play at the re-opening of the Cross Guns in Avoncliff, a favourite boaters’ pub, from 4pm to 8pm on Wednesday 1st March. Calico Jack are based on the K&A; their...
View ArticleLiving willow workshop for boaters, Avoncliff, 25th – 26th November
As part of a joint community arts project focusing on mental health, well-being and mindfulness, Julian House Travelling Communities Support Service is holding a number of craft workshops for...
View ArticleK&A Boaters’ Action Group, 10th June, Avoncliff
The next meeting of the K&A Boaters’ Action Group will be on Monday 10th June 2019 at 7.30pm at the Cross Guns, Avoncliff BA15 2HB. All are welcome. The meeting will continue to focus on supporting...
View ArticlePlease give generously to repair Angel’s boat after sinking
Boaters have launched an appeal to raise money to repair singer Angel Nash’s boat after it sank on 15th August after very heavy overnight rain, while she was asleep on board. Angel managed to get off...
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