tiamiboat wrote: > Just back and chilling out with a big glass of chilled white wine > after another day at the Ricky Festival. > > With the help of Chiltern IWA we collected just over 1400 signatures > on the South West Herts constituency petition over the weekend.
Wow! That is a result! Just goes to show what a few dedicated supporters can do. > There > was a lot of interest and support from local people and visitors and > also many boats were also displaying SOW banners. David Gauke our > local MP has agreed to present this petition from the floor of the > House of Commons during June. We are hoping that there are more > constituency petitions out there who will take up time in the house > to get the message across regarding the funding of the inland > waterways before decisions are made on public funding at the > Comprehensive Spending Review in September. There are a few in process and I expect so see some more soon...... > > Thanks to Clive Fennell and his team for putting on a very enjoyable > festival with great entertainment (Friday night was great fun but we > didn't get to hear a lot of the rest although we heard it was very > good indeed). > > Thanks also to Mike Stevens for his SOW linked quiz on Friday night > and his talks in the floating classroom. > > Also saw a lot of list members and other local boaters so all in all > a very enjoyable and productive weekend. > > Don't forget that the battle isn't over yet! > Too true! > Ok, who's going to Wendover? Is that on the Bank Holiday weekend? -- Will Chapman Save Our Waterways www.SaveOurWaterways.org.uk
