On Wednesday, November 29, 2006 5:34 PM [GMT+1=CET], Les Hunt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've been looking at some of the press coverage of the various > blockade events over last weekend, and there is something nagging at > my brain... > > Many articles refer to the impact on boat owners, boaters, canals, or > somesuch, but miss the point that it's ALL waterway users that are > potentially affected by the DEFRA cuts. > > I therefore have to ask whether we are getting the full and proper > message across? As a result of the press coverage many people do > believe it will only affect those strange old beardies on their boats > who dawdle up and down the canals. That's all very true, and it's inevitably the boaters who start the outcry. But we've now got the National Federation of Anglers supporting us. Anybody got and good contacts in the worlds of ramblers or cyclists? Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk Defend the waterways. Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk
