Two more closures on the Kennet & Avon Canal
FOLLOWING the two closures last month on the Kennet & Avon Canal, this month starts with two more.
Oportunity taken to repair Bosley Flight
WITH the Macclesfield Bosley Flight closed through lack of water the opportunity has been taken to undertake repairs.
Will our waterways be at last maintained?
WITH hundreds of millions of pounds being spent on contractors will our waterways be at last maintained? Asks T. Lang.
CaRT still continue to plan lock repairs a month later!
THE Severn still remains closed at Upper Lode Lock at Tewkesbury.
Canal & River Trust employ seven more contractors!
IT SEEMS the Canal & River Trust has at last realised the shocking state of its waterways as it has awarded £300m for seven more contractors to maintain its waterways, Roger Fox reports.
Two more August stoppages—making 33 in all!
TWO more stoppages on the last day in August making it 33 altogether for the month.
New ghost ship on the Weaver!
THE Anderton Boat Lift is closed until the end of the year tells Canal & River Trust.
A review of the general situation...
OUR contributor for the Middle Levels, Kelvin Alexander-Dugan was stuck for hours at a airport returning from Svalbard archipelago.
A stoppage a day keeps the boaters away!
KEEPING up the trend Canal & River Trust has reported 31 stoppages in August—averaging one a day!