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Authority to rethink charges

THE campaign led by actress Susan Penhaligon, who moors her boat on the  Thames, at Brentford, looks like getting the authority to rethink its increased mooring charges.

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Published: 18 March 2010

Replacing the graffiti

AS PART of the Towpath Tidy event, a mural was produced to replace the offending graffiti on a waterway bridge at Kirklees on the Calder & Hebble Navigation.

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Published: 18 March 2010

New bridge for Hungerford

PLANS are to go on exhibition for a new bridge over the Kennet & Avon at Hungerford.

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Published: 18 March 2010

Boaters to help search

THE mother of the student who went missing a month ago wants boaters to help search the Leicester waterway this weekend for signs of her son who went missing a month ago.

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Published: 18 March 2010

A good job very well done

AFTER the last paint job on our boat had lasted all of five years, we thought this time we would have it done professionally, so  we went for the recommendation of Andy Cain at Kegworth.

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Published: 17 March 2010

Mon & Brec opens

THE repair to the bed of the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal at Llangattock has been completed, and the canal reopened for the start of the season.

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Published: 17 March 2010

Heritage skills awarded

MORE than 20 waterway operatives in the North gained top marks in a Heritage Skills NVQ training qualification, after receiving funding through the Government's Train to Gain programme.

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Published: 17 March 2010

Next lock for the Wey & Arun Canal

THE Wey & Arun Canal Trust is now turning its attention to the next major extension to the navigable section centred on Loxwood, on the West Sussex/Surrey border.

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Published: 17 March 2010

Another boat lift

PLANS have been revealed to build a boat lift similar to the Falkirk Wheel to connect the derelict Newport Canal with the Shropshire Union Canal.

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Published: 15 March 2010

Volunteers for Moira

THE Organisers of this year's 10th anniversary Moira Canal Festival are seeking volunteers to help out at the weekend event.

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Published: 15 March 2010

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