The London branch of the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) held a 'Winter Warmer' event at a community centre not too far from the River Lea in Tottenham and given some 'differences of opinion' at the recent CRT AGM I thought it would be interesting to go along. The London branch have had a number of meetings with CRT staff and are working with them to identify new locations for boaters services, they are a now looking to widen their reach to as many boaters as possible. The special guest speaker; David Luff, who was involved in a campaign to stop British Waterways pushing boat dwellers without a home mooring off the water in 2003, spoke about that campaign and the proposed rule that boaters without a home mooring had to move 120 lock miles every 3 months and how this could be related to present times. It was a extremely well attended meeting, with a very young audience and some very nice food cooked by volunteers on the premises. Thanks to all for their hospitality.
