narrowboatworld
  • Home
  • Information
  • Contact Us
  • Hire Guide

Narrowboat stolen

EX HIRE narrowboat, 60ft Samshiba, was stolen from its moorings at Kegworth on the Soar—it's thought in the early hours of last Monday morning, writes Pam Pickett.

Details
Published: 08 May 2013

CaRT at work

WE ARE getting reports of work being doing on removing vegetation from the sides of the waterways, and many in a better condition after winter work.

Details
Published: 08 May 2013

New jobs for volunteers

IN ADDITION to their main tasks of helping boaters through locks and litter picking, volunteers along the Calder & Hebble Navigation have a new task.

Details
Published: 08 May 2013

Opportunities for Scottish Canals

WITH  the renaming of British Waterways to Scottish Canals in Scottland, the transport minister there believes their revival will offer 'real opportunities, not only for recreation and regeneration, but for the wider economy as well'.

Details
Published: 08 May 2013

Sponsor for Middlewich show

THIS year's Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival has been secured by the help of the local supermarket.

Details
Published: 08 May 2013

'Out in the sticks' thieves

IT IS not only in the towns and cities where boats are being broken into, but on rural waterways 'out in the sticks'.

Details
Published: 08 May 2013

Parry's pension

THE appointment of Richard Parry as Chief Executive of Canal & River Trust (CaRT) once again raises the controversial issue of directors remuneration within the Trust, writes Allan Richards.

Details
Published: 08 May 2013

Cruiser explosion

SUCH was the force of an explosion in a cruiser moored at Sharpness on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal, that the force threw a woman overboard.

Details
Published: 08 May 2013

Takes some believing

IT TAKES some believing that cover of the booklet by Canal & River Trust in your Victor column advertising the famous Bingley Five Locks, writes James Henry.

Details
Published: 06 May 2013

Have a look Richard

WE ARE getting many remarks concerning the appointment of the new chief executive officer of the Canal & River Trust, Richard Parry.

Details
Published: 06 May 2013

Page 1043 of 1371

  • 1038
  • 1039
  • 1040
  • 1041
  • 1042
  • 1043
  • 1044
  • 1045
  • 1046
  • 1047

Latest

  • The Eye of a Lengthsman
  • It is time to pack it in
  • 50th Anniversary of National Waterways Museum
  • Llangollen Wharf up for sale
  • Mercia Promenade development enters its fit-out stages
  • Closed Rochdale Canal starts the season
  • Easter Floating Market at Foxton
  • Bosley Flight reopened
  • Huge fire closes Worcester & Birmingham Canal
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
  • Leicester Section closed for two months
  • Garden party to support restoration of the Lichfield Canal
  • Stoppages now completed
  • The reason for the Llangollen canal breach
  • Four canal closures just days from seasons' start
  • I don't believe it! tells Victor
  • Coventry Canal Basin to be sold
  • Marina in liquidation also owned hire company
  • Towpath walk raised £20,000
  • Boaters in limbo after marina forced to go into liquidation

Search