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PLA climbdown on fees

THE Port of London Authority (PLA) has climbed down on its proposed licence fee increases for moorings on the tidal Thames.

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Published: 31 August 2012

Link deserves to be more available

THE Liverpool Link is a magnificent piece of engineering and does deserve to be more widely available, writes Phil Clayton.

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Published: 31 August 2012

Dudley's Festival returns

THE popular Parkhead Canal Festival at Dudley, though biennial, had to be cancelled in 2010 owing to water shortage. but returns this year.

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Published: 31 August 2012

Contributors to The Team

WE HAVE added two regular contributors to The Team at narrowboatworld, both of whom who have submitted articles in the past—Kevin McNiff and Maffi.

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Published: 30 August 2012

Email: Turning a blind eye?

I have just replied to an article in the forum about people dumping their boats by the towpath to save marina fees, telling about one I noticed.

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Published: 30 August 2012

Liverpool Link restriction

THERE is feeling amongst boaters that the limit of only 18 boats a week allowed into Liverpool along the Liverpool Link is not enough, and hardly does justice to the cost of creating the waterway.

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Published: 30 August 2012

Email: Camouflage boat

We moor on the Trent & Mersey close to Derwent Mouth Lock where the  camouflage boat has been seen in this vicinity for many months, this includes, Cranfleet Cut, Erewash Canal and Trent & Mersey canal.

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Published: 30 August 2012

Trying to close the Basingstoke?

The two county councils responsible for the upkeep of the Basingstoke Canal have mounted a survey that bodes ill for the future of the waterway.

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Published: 30 August 2012

First narrowboat in Surrey

THIS coming Saturday (1st September) sees the first narrowboat into Surrey on the restored Wey & Arun Canal.

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Published: 29 August 2012

Canal goes green

NOT the normal 'green' liked by so many, but the actual green of pea soup—parts of the Lancaster Canal at the moment.

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Published: 29 August 2012

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Latest

  • Narrowboat recovered from Bath Deep Lock
  • And another...
  • Gloucester Docks still silted-up
  • Lack of water still closing waterways
  • 14 days rule suspension ends on the 1st October
  • Mercia Marina gets award for outstanding visitor experience
  • A big day for action at Whitchurch
  • Is Yorkshire closed yet?
  • Calder & Hebble Navigation reopens
  • The state of the reservoirs...
  • The site of the new leak/breach on the Llangollen Canal
  • Victor tells the cost of lack of maintenance
  • In praise of the Muddy-Boots Engineers:
  • Bridge parapet hit causing danger to boaters
  • Locks reopen
  • Two more lack of water stoppages on the Erewash
  • Sykehouse Lift Bridge breaks yet again
  • For the love of canals
  • Lack of experience
  • Cannot understand the reason for stoppage

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