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Attempting to keep up!

THE 'Wink on the Blink' happens so often these days that it has obviously had the 'Cox on the Rocks' attempting to catch up with breakdowns!

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Published: 15 June 2023

Wigan Flight now closed

THE information that the Wigan Flight will be closed from the 3rd to 14th of July has been superseded.

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Published: 14 June 2023

Body pulled from Lee Navigation

A MAN'S body was pulled from the Lee Navigation in East London.

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Published: 14 June 2023

Grant of £9,880 to convert widebeam

THE Saltisford Canal Trust has been awarded £9,980 to convert its widebeam into a community meeting space.

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Published: 14 June 2023

Stuck on the Northampton Arm

THE Northampton Arm has low water yet again, writes Martyn Cox.

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Published: 14 June 2023

Wigan Flight closed two weeks in middle of season

THE entire Wigan Flight is to be closed for two weeks from 3rd to the 14th July.

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Published: 14 June 2023

Estate agents have that wrong

MOST of us realise that when selling houses estate agents rather pile it on.

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Published: 14 June 2023

'Trigger-happy' police shoot two dogs

POLICE tasered a man and shot his two dogs dead in front of screaming witnesses on the Regent's Canal towpath at Limehouse.

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Published: 12 June 2023

Repairs to Avon bridges

EXTENSIVE repairs are to be made to Binton Bridge over the Avon at Welford-on-Avon.

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Published: 12 June 2023

Blaming the boaters

IT SEEMS that instruction is out to those who write the stoppage notices for CaRT to spread the blame away from the trust.

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Published: 12 June 2023

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Latest

  • Water, water, everywhere
  • Still no paddles for lock on Glasson Branch
  • More problems at Penkridge Lock
  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
  • Lee Navigation lock remains closed to navigation
  • Café turns to cyclists as it has fewer boaters
  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
  • Two more 'winter works' added
  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters
  • Collapsed culvert keeps Staffs & Worcs Canal closed

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