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Mark Horton to open festival

THE well known television archaeologist, Mark Horton, who appears on Coast and other programmes, is to open the Cotswolds Canals Trust's Stroud on Water Festival in June.

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Published: 22 March 2012

Hoping for rain at Stoke Bruerne

LIKE many other events in that part of the country, the organisers of Stoke Bruerne Canal Museum's Annual Gala are hoping for rain, lots of it, before June, but tell us British Waterways will do its level best to get boats through despite lock restrictions, and to maintain water levels.

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Published: 21 March 2012

The cat came back

IT WAS whilst cruising the Trent & Mersey Canal in Stoke-on-Trent that boaters Stuart and Maureen Emery lost their cat Mac. But the cat did come back—after six years!

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Published: 21 March 2012

50 boats expected at Gathering

AROUND 50 boats from across the canal network are expected at the four day Boat Gathering at Ellesmere Port Museum.

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Published: 21 March 2012

Olympic Torch at Foxton

THE rather long passage of the Olympic Torch will be including Foxton Locks, as part of the Olympic Relay Route.

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Published: 21 March 2012

Boater a ‘gullible fool'

A BOATER, living on a narrowboat at Barton was described as a 'gullible fool' after paying money from a fraud into his bank account.

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Published: 21 March 2012

Lady of the Lock

MAUREEN Shaw, who sadly died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday 17th March, in her mid 70's will be known to many boaters by name and thousands more as the 'Lady of the Lock' having lived in the Lock Keeper's Cottage on Wardle Lock in Middlewich, writes David King.

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Published: 21 March 2012

Email: Difficult for residentials

British Waterways is not the only one—Port of London Authority has played a major role in changing the way in which the Thames is used—making it very difficult for all those who want to make their home on the water as people have done down the centuries.

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Published: 21 March 2012

'Wardle' Maureen dies

I am saddened to report that Maureen passed away at the weekend, having suffered from ill health for some time, writes Vic Moses.

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Published: 21 March 2012

Fuel for air ambulances

AS RIDICULOUS as it may seem fuel for air ambulances is subject to tax, but there is a move to get it exempt by a government petition.

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Published: 18 March 2012

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