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The state of the towpaths

I AM ONE of the few, like obviously your goodselves, who walk my dog along the towpath whilst the boat is moving along the canal, writes John Belfry,

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Published: 28 September 2023

No motor vehicles allowed on towpaths

I WAS intrigued to read your recent article regarding motorcycles being ridden on the towpaths, writes John Howard.

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Published: 28 September 2023

Three more Leeds & Liverpool swing bridges fail

Three more swing bridges have failed over the past week on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 27 September 2023

What is an emergency?

A RECENT CaRT notice about Lock 20, Woodend Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal caused me to consider what requires emergency work rather than urgent work, writes Roger Fox.

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Published: 27 September 2023

AI in Customer Services

LIKE any new product from 'Silicon Valley' AI, (Artificial Intelligence) in the form of ChatGPT, has been announced in a blaze of publicity (hype?) that would do CaRT proud.

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Published: 27 September 2023

Canal & River Trust 2022/23 Annual Report & Accounts

THEe Canal & River Trust has published its Annual Report & Accounts for 2022/23 with the trust reporting:

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Published: 27 September 2023

Unsafe towpath on the Oxford

AN INSPECTION  has shown that a section of the of towpath on the Oxford Canal  is unsafe.

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Published: 27 September 2023

Not so 'charitable'

CONCERNING the changes proposed by CRT to the licensing structure of continuous cruisers, writes Brian D Jarrett.

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Published: 25 September 2023

How long will it last?

IT WAS Victor in his article on our recent cruise that brought to light the condition of Branston Lock.

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Published: 25 September 2023

The only Met weather station in a inland marina

IT WAS way back in 2017 that the Metrological Office installed a weather station at Mercia Marina.

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Published: 25 September 2023

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Latest

  • Possible boatyard for Oxford after 20 years
  • Four paddle failures already this month
  • De-wintering tips from River Canal Rescue
  • Smoke control comes into force for narrowboats in Bimingham
  • Three stoppages still ongoing
  • EA stops Bristol Floating Harbour funding
  • Braunston Customer Service Facility now closed
  • Marsworth Flight reopened
  • Stoppages on Rochdale and Tame Valley canals
  • Another paddle failure
  • Another broken paddle on the Rochdale Canal
  • Environment Agency clearing more abandoned boats off the Thames
  • Attack just off the Coventry Canal towpath
  • Another mile of the Stroudwater Canal in water
  • Ripon takes the record
  • Canal town best place to live in the North
  • Quick repair to lock cill
  • Getting through Beeston Lock
  • Will Penkridge Lock be open for Easter?
  • At last—a way off the Weaver

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