I detect that there is an impression among some of today’s boaters that the sun always shone when BWB was in charge of the canal system, writes Roger Fox.
This is not completely true. Some 40 years ago there was muttering on the towpath. The mutterings were quite low key—there was no internet to stoke adverse opinion.
The Uxbridge Boat Centre designed and made brass plaques to give subtle encouragement to the mutterers.
It depicts an ostrich with its head in the sand, and keen readers will recognise that the tail includes the BWB logo of the time.
The slogan 'Our future in their hands' is equally relevant today.
I wonder if there is a creative boater who might design a plaque to reflect today’s opinion of the work of CaRT?