036: NBTA, Canal Watch & London. Recorded on a Widebeam

Angry Boater has been land based for over a year. He returns with an 'all things London' conversation with Gareth George -  towpath ranger with the Canal & River Trust.

A live Angry Boater show with proceeds going to Michael Sobell House will  take place on Sunday, September 19th at Cincinnati Chilibomb, East London plus a further (tbc) performance at Rickmansworth Canal Festival on Friday, Sept 17th.

Tickets and details here:

http://www.angryboater.com

Next 'Angry Boater' is at Limehouse Cruising Association on Wed, May 29th from 7 pm to 9 pm.

Tickets:

http://www.angryboater.com

Here's a gripping little conversation about London, widebeams, boats going too fast, boating organisations, corruption, incompetence, jealousy and other stuff.

Info on NBTA London including details re: how to contact a caseworker can be found at http://www.bargee-traveller.org.uk

'Angry Boater' 3 x live shows at Limehouse Cruising Association: Wed April 24th, Wed, May 29th & Wed, June 19th. 7 pm to 9 pm.

Tickets: http://www.angryboater.com

Recently, a boater in Little Venice refused to hold a rope for a single-handed, double-moored fellow boater on the grounds that, "I never let people moor against my boat! If you  followed my example, you wouldn't need my help." Later that day, having moved off unassisted, Mike Coll ended up moored alongside me in Wesbourne Park .... so we recorded this podcast about anti social behaviour on the canals. 

Angry Boater is back for 3 London shows at The Cruising Association, Limehouse on Wed, April 24th, Wed, May 29th & Wed, June 19th (7 pm to 9 pm). Tickets at http://www.angryboater.com

Many of you will recall Highlander catching fire and sinking in April 2018. Luckily, Benjamin Mercer was not on board at the time. 12 months on, he has rebuilt his life and is enjoying life back on London's waterways. We met up in Little Venice where he described what happened to him and the ramifications.

Benjamin Mercer is a writer who has been published in Brexit Central, Counterfire & The Salisbury Review. You can read some of his work at

http://www.medium.com/benjaminmercer

'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of 'Laughing Horse Free Festival.' Showtimes, twice daily, from Aug 2 to 26 (not Tuesdays) at Finnegans Wake 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm & City Cafe (Ninties Room) 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm.

http://www.angryboater.com

Jasmin joins me in Limehouse to talk about all things London & boaty and I attempt to find out if she's really as nice as everyone thinks. During the interrogation, we talk London boat crime, gossip about other boaters and discover that she's "elfed" for Bob Geldof (and met Ed Sheeran). Behold...... the secrets of Jasmin.

Following the podcast, Jasmin said "Ahoy" and, before I knew what was going on, we were filming an episode of 'This Narrowboat Adventure' which is now live on Jasmin's YouTube channel. 

'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of 'Laughing Horse Free Festival.' Showtimes, twice daily, from Aug 2 to 26 (not Tuesdays) at Finnegans Wake 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm & City Cafe (Ninties Room) 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm.

http://www.angryboater.com

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Sam Thomas has worked on the canals since the days of British Waterways.  This fascinating conversation covers a wide range of topics from dealing with a tightrope walker over Hampstead Road Lock to hand-grenades, machetes, corpses and more found on the canal bed. You'll also discover why replacing a set of lock gates costs around £80,000.

The C&RT numbers mentioned in the recording are:

Emergencies (manned 24/7): 0800 4799947

Customer Services: 03030 404040

'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of 'Laughing Horse Free Festival.' Showtimes, twice daily, from Aug 2 to 26 (not Tuesdays) at Finnegans Wake 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm & City Cafe (Ninties Room) 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm.

http://www.angryboater.com

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Fresh from dealing with near catastrophe (mooring pins hammered into the concrete above electricity cables), our continuously cruising London Mooring Ranger visits for a lively discussion about suspension notices, banning boats with a home mooring from visiting London in the winter, boating groups, dealing with triple moored boats, The London Mooring Strategy and working for the Canal & River Trust.

'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of 'Laughing Horse Free Festival.' Showtimes, twice daily, from Aug 2 to 26 (not Tuesdays) at Finnegans Wake 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm & City Cafe (Ninties Room) 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm.

http://www.angryboater.com

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By arrangement with Matthew Symonds & Sorwar Ahmed from The Canal & River Trust, here's the November 28th, 2017 presentation at The London Canal Museum re:  proposals for The London Mooring Strategy. 

The full 47 page report can be read here:

https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/refresh/media/thumbnail/34289-draft-london-mooring-stratgey.pdf

'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, twice daily, from Aug 6th to 26th (not Tuesdays). Showtimes are 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm at Finnegans Wake and 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm at City Cafe.

In this contentious and probably libellous episode, Lindsey Hood and I discuss recent changes at Springfield Marina, Carpenters Lock, London Moorings, Newbies, cake, King Salami & The Cumberland 3, The Victoria Park Facilities, Non Return Valves, Mis-functioning Water Pumps, being buried with your pets, dancing donkeys & Broxbourne.

Despite all the talk, Lindsay did not join me for cake afterwards. I ate a chocolate & pistachio brownie - alone.

'Angry Boater' will be live at the 2018 Edinburgh Fringe Festival as a part of 'Laughing Horse Free Festival.' Showtimes, twice daily, from Aug 2 to 26 (not Tuesdays) at Finnegans Wake 3.45 pm to 4.45 pm & City Cafe (Ninties Room) 7.25 pm to 8.25 pm.

http://www.angryboater.com

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In November 2017, as I was struggling to handle a tricky mooring situation in Little Venice, another boater helped me out. This was my first meeting with Pancho. He's helpful ... and from Peru. He's lived on his boat for just 6 months. 

In this podcast, we talk about being helpful, Faith and the nature of community - online,  in London and on the waterways. Pancho talks about his best friend's suicide and how this affected his outlook. Joel talks about 2 incidents he experienced on the Hammersmith & City line this week. 

There are several references to an earlier conversation that was supposed to appear at the end of the episode but the audio file was accidentally deleted. The interesting stuff is all in this section though.