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Narrowboats outside

THOUGH as we reported there is  a scarcity  of narrowboats in the hall of the Tullett Prebon London International Boat Show, there are eight on display outside.

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Published: 04 January 2010

Sixth Walton Bridge

IT SEEMS the Thames at Walton is to get its sixth Walton Bridge after a public enquiry approved its design.

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Published: 04 January 2010

Lack of narrowboats at boat show

THE big London International Boat Show, claims 70 new product launches, but no narrowboats amongst them.

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Published: 04 January 2010

Death mystery half solved

IT HAS been reported that 20 police officers were drafted in to investigate the death of a man found on the towpath of the canal at Newport, which is now half solved.

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Published: 04 January 2010

No Wendover Festival

THE Wendover/Tring Canal Festival will not be going ahead this year as a suitable site cannot be found, Mike Griffin tells us.

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Published: 02 January 2010

Canal search for missing man

AN UNDERWATER search team is searching both the Rother and the Chesterfield Canal for a man missing since Christmas Eve.

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Published: 02 January 2010

Marina denying contract

BOATER Jim Shead tells us that the people at Great Haywood Marina are denying the existence of a contract he remembers signing for a berth in 2007.

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Published: 01 January 2010

Massive drop in visitor numbers

BRITISH Waterways' Jonathan Ludford (Email: Visitors and visits) should be congratulated for explaining the difference between visits and visitors, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 01 January 2010

Sunken boat could pollute Cam

THOUGH neighbouring boaters have been warning about the threat of pollution from a sinking boat in the Cam, nothing has been done.

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Published: 01 January 2010

Lancaster canalside scheme refused

THE Communities Secretary, John Denham, has refused planning consent for a £150m mixed use development by the side of the  Lancaster Canal  in the city.

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Published: 31 December 2009

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