after reading the angling times a few weeks back about inner city canal i thought i'd see if this was just propaganda or just paper talk so i sent a email to john ,within days i had a reply it wasn't the reply i expected it was very detailed and honest and whats more at the bottom of the email john himself wanted to come over and see some of points i'd pointed out about the river and canal .
after a few changes of dates for the meeting we finally arranged it for yesterday
during the meeting we walked and stopped off at 15 different places across fields looking over canal bridges walking along lots of stretches of river and with me firing questions and ideas along with Brian Holmes you could tell without responding or giving away too much it was all going in
John had never seen our part of the grand union and told me and Brian loads of interesting points.he is the first person that i have met from the waterways that i can honestly say cares about whats happening to the angling side of the waterways
the increase in boating and mooring water levels of or canals are massive issues in the future weed is going to be another
we ended the day at pilling marina www.pillingslock.com and was simply gobsmacked at the amount of boats in there at least 300
i will thank John personally on a very interesting day 
