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Rushing about

IT IS our Ralph Freeman who tells us there are many boaters in a 'blazing hurry' on the Trent & Mersey Canal at the moment.

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Published: 18 August 2011

BW to sell occupied cottages

A ROW of 19 cottages by the Severn at Sharpness, owned by British Waterways, is to be auctioned off with sitting tenants.

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Published: 18 August 2011

Email: Effective notice

I was pleased to learn that Brian [Holmes] had a trouble free passage on the Trent & Mersey Canal through the IWA Festival site at Burton-on-Trent at the end of July.

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Published: 18 August 2011

Trent & Mersey Canal closed

THE busy Trent & Mersey Canal is closed at its eastern end as a boat has sunk in the broad Weston Lock. Lastest: The boat has been removed and the navigation is now open.

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Published: 18 August 2011

Trent bridge too expensive

THE plans for what has been called 'a silly bridge' over the Trent at Gainsborough have been scrapped.

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Published: 17 August 2011

Luxury yacht builders cut-back

IT IS not just the inland waterways boat builders that are feeling the pinch, but luxury sea going yacht builders too.

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Published: 17 August 2011

Horse boating at festival

THE Horse Boating Society are running horse drawn boat cruises as part of the Rochdale Canal Festival.

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Published: 17 August 2011

Boat sinks in lock

ONCE again the Huddersfield Narrow Canal was closed on Monday, this time as a boat had sunk in a lock that required the pound being drained to recover it.

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Published: 17 August 2011

Biggest marina ever at honey-pot area

THERE are plans to extend Redhill Marina at the bottom of the Soar to accommodate 630 berths, making it even bigger than the nearby Sawley Marina.

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Published: 17 August 2011

More Chesterfield opens

A FURTHER section of the Chesterfield Canal, in Staveley, has been restored, and in use for boat trips.

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Published: 17 August 2011

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Latest

  • Getting the two boats out of the Llangollen Canal breach
  • Two lock repairs completed
  • BBC film the work being undertaken by Cotswold Canals Trust
  • Kennet & Avon lock to be repaired during season
  • Boat stranded teetering over Whitchurch breach refloated
  • Bridgewater Canal set to be reopened by December this year
  • Two more canal closures
  • Pollution still entering Chesterfield Canal
  • Move across to the canal
  • Feasibility study to replace Skipton bridge
  • Trust removes abandoned boats from Erewash Canal
  • Canals, Castles and Conservation
  • Problems caused by beavers
  • Glasson Branch repair will take 'several weeks'
  • Breach boats to be recovered
  • Langollen Canal closed again
  • 'Private Eye' tells it like it is!
  • Chesterfield Canal cleared of pollution this month
  • Belongings left by Avon belonged to drowned man
  • Paddles repaired on two locks

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