The real reason for not closing the towpaths over coronavirus
IS CART planning to transfer the responsibility of looking after the towpaths onto the local councils, asks Keith Gudgin?
Rochdale Canal closed again
THE Rochdale Canal is closed yet again, this time by another pump failure.
Nervous about reservoir safety?
Regarding water shortages due to low reservoir levels, writes David Pullen.
Mercia slowly coming back to life
THE many shops at Marcia Marina that were closed due to the lockdown are slowly starting to reopen as restrictions are lifted.
Three closed canals will be fully open but with restrictions
THE Canal & River Trust regrets to confirm that navigation opportunities along the Leeds & Liverpool, Peak Forest and Macclesfield canals this summer will be restricted.
Boater evicted by Droitwich Marina for upholding Cororavirus rules
MY NAME is Sandra, I am a single woman, living full time on my boat, moored at Droitwich Marina for five years, writes Sandra Burgess.
Where has the water gone?
I HAVE seen information indicating that in 1824, 291 boats were loaded at Bugsworth Basin in a four-week period, writes Ralph Freeman.
More towpath attacks
ADDING to the spate of recent towpath attacks there have been a further two on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
And still they fail
BACK issues of narrowboatworld show 10 articles concerning failures of the pumps at Tinsley on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire navigation.
Victor: Leeds & Liverpool Canal open tells CaRT
A STOPPAGE Notice from Canal & River Trust on Friday blithely proclaimed that from tomorrow, 1st June, the Leeds & Liverpool Canal will be—'Navigation: Open'.