WE ARE currently exploring the Lancaster Canal, the last piece of the connected system that we have never been on, at least until one of the restoration projects comes to fruition. It is also our furthest North, since it beats Ripon by a couple of miles.
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DENVER Sluice, that links the Middle Level and River Great Ouse to the tidal river is out of action until further notice.
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FOLLOWING a long campaign by narrowboatworld, Canal & River Trust (CaRT) is selling its shareholding in Drifters Leisure, the hire boat booking company, writes Allan Richards.
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A NUMBER of boaters have contacted us stating that they are receiving demands from Canal & River Trust for an extra £150 for their boat licences that have already been paid!
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AT LAST someone has told what such a load of baloney the Bargees petition statement of its members loosing their homes really is, writes James Henry.
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THE big con indeed. The Bargees Association is getting gullible people to sign its petition that its boater members are being 'illegally removed from their homes', and that Canal & River Trust is 'pressuring boat families into homelessness', when it is doing nothing of the sort.
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SATURDAY is the start of Drowning Prevention Week, and as boaters we are all acutely aware of the numbers of people who end up in the water, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.
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THE Grand Union Canal flooded at both Stonebridge and Harlesden yesterday, Thursday, with water covering walkways and streets.
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YOBS have managed to obtain anti-vandal keys and drain the entire Wolverhampton Flight of 21 locks.
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THERE seems to be little point in maintaining the continuous moorer debate since it is getting nowhere, writes Kevin McNiff.
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