I echo Will's comment that this was definitely a worthwhile event. Good presentations (although Mr Evans was surprisingly nervous, which caused him to make a few fluffs), and an excellent panel/debate after lunch.
Lots of interesting stuff was said. A couple of highlights: It was made abundantly clear that the current £30 million/year gap between what BW needs to spend to keep the waterways in a steady state of repair, and the revenue it now has, is *not* going to be made up by added government grant. Boaters were advised bluntly by John Edmunds (IWAC) not to waste any more time on that idea. Perhaps the most amazing (and cheering) incident was when John Gummer (MP) strongly implied that, if the Conservatives come to power, the EA navigations will be transferred to BW. Adrian . Adrian Stott 07956-299966
