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Gearbox failed again

IT WAS two weeks ago that a failed gearbox stopped the Don Doors being operated on the New Junction Canal.

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Published: 14 February 2024

Not wanting to work

THE news over the week-end about the number of people not wanting work was no surprise to me, writes T Lang.

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Published: 12 February 2024

Flood water not above jetties

AFTER having flood water well over the jetties in the January floods, Sawley Marina escaped this week-end Trent flood.

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Published: 12 February 2024

Schoolhouse Bridge completed

AFTER many years of effort, and months spent by bridge contractors on the site, the new Schoolhouse Bridge has been completed.

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Published: 12 February 2024

Another boaters' facility lost

YET another boaters' facility is lost, that seems to be the current trend.

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Published: 10 February 2024

Reservoir bank eroded

MARSWORTH Reservoir, feeding the Grand Union summit, eroded some weeks ago and was taped off, Howard Clarke writes.

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Published: 10 February 2024

Fenny Compton Marina sold

AS WAS already reported here, Fenny Compton Marina was expected to go under the hammer.

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Published: 10 February 2024

Environment Agency warn of flooded Trent

THE Environment Agency has this morning issued a warning that flooding is possible for the Trent.

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Published: 09 February 2024

RCR responded to 121 major incidents last year

THE River Canal Rescue (RCR) reports it responded to 121 major incidents during 2023.

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Published: 09 February 2024

Another vehicle strike closes canal

YET another vehicle strike closes a waterway.

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Published: 09 February 2024

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Latest

  • Massive oak tree crushes narrowboat
  • Disused Shardlow restaurant could be new hotel
  • Suspended prison sentence for couple throwing dog into canal
  • Another problem for the trust
  • Too hot for the bridges
  • Protecting the Erewash Canal water
  • Calder & Hebble Navigation reopened
  • Rushall Canal still closed
  • Hoping to enable trapped boats to escape
  • Row between boaters and householders
  • Don't get stung!
  • Sound of music comes to canalside café
  • Ashing lock to save water
  • Another problem keeps Severn lock closed
  • Volunteers rally to tackle aquatic weed on the waterways
  • Lack of water closing navigations
  • Pressure from IWA on the trust to reopen the Anderton Boat Lift
  • Too many stoppages
  • Sadly no Montgomery Canal Triathlon this year
  • Red weather warning across canals

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