Notes from the 2019 CRT National Users’ Forum held in Birmingham on the 3rd April. This is the third time that I have attended this annual meeting to represent RCTA and it has been fascinating to observe the change in the organisation over that time. I will try to give a flavour of the meeting . . . read more
Written by: Ronni Payne RCTA Volunteer Chair I recently attended the Canal & River Trust West Midland Regional Annual Public Meeting & Showcase on Thursday 10th January 2019. I found it most illuminating. I have summarised the meeting as I saw it and found it very helpful to get an insight into what the aims are for the . . . read more
Plans have started for this years Aylesbury Waterside Festival. Representatives from all the organisations involved in creating this wonderful event met this morning bright and early. Including our own Karl Wager for RCTA. Lots of ideas are coming out of the woodwork which will help to make this an event to remember.
Notes of a meeting between Sarah Brown Development and Engagement Manager at CRT and Andrew Mills and Ronni Payne held at Stoke Bruerne on 11th October 2018. This meeting was the outcome of a letter sent by Andrew Mills to Gareth Stevens National Boating Business Manager and forwarded to Sarah Brown Development and Engagement Manager . . . read more
Meeting between Andrew Mills and Peter Moore CRT Liaison 3rd October 2018 Issues discussed 1. RCTA was seeking to simplify market booking arrangements * block bookings with CRT * a single representative to manage booking arrangements * to submit a maximum mooring length for each venue that could be adjusted to reflect actual bookings taken . . . read more
This week I was at Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum with Ronni Payne meeting Sarah Brown from CRT to discuss how RCTA and CRT might work together in the future (an exciting meeting and a report will be emailed out next week to RCTA members). After the meeting and with only a few minutes left on . . . read more
Roving Canal Traders Association Annual General Meeting 28th September 2018 was a perfect early autumn day as I drove down to the Galleon at Old Wolverton for RCTA’s Annual General Meeting. This was a drive I used to take regularly to meet my boss when I worked in Milton Keynes so I made the journey . . . read more
Canal & River Trust Annual Public Meeting 2018 You may have seen Andy Tidy’s (Boating Business representative on the CRT Council) bullet point exposition of this year’s Canal & River Trust Annual Public Meeting in Birmingham (captainahabswaterytales.bogspot.com). As there is no hope that I could improve on this and rather than waste time simply repeating . . . read more
We have announced 5, yes 5! seasonal floating markets in the events page on this website. You can also find events for all of them on Facebook, please share far & wide, in the appropriate local areas. Lets get the word out there! The venues are: Autumn market at Stoke Bruerne. Christmas markets at Birmingham . . . read more
26th September 2018 IET Birmingham Austin Court ‘The Kingston Theatre’ 80 Cambridge Street B1 2NP This is an open public meeting, which anyone can attend, but to make sure we have enough catering and seating etc. and that we don’t exceed the maximum capacity for health and safety reasons, we do ask those who wish . . . read more
