Great interest in Crystal
THERE has been great interest in Crystal, the lock keeper at Foxton, since Victor wrote of her time at the locks.
Surely cannot be legal
SENDING out a Freedom of Information request with 90% blacked out surely cannot be legal, writes T. Lang.
Repairs are for visitors
I WAS not at all surprised to read of the choice of locks to be repaired on the Leicester Section writes James Henry.
Booking needed for Bingley Five Rise
FOR the winter period there will be no regular volunteer lock keepers on Bingley Five Rise lock flight.
CaRT 'cover-up' over Whaley Bridge
THE Canal & River Trust have released a report concerning the Whaley Bridge Reservoir collapse but heavily censored.
Pillings Flood Lock now operational
THOUGH there are flood warnings for Loughborough issued this morning (Monday) Pillings Flood Lock has obviously been repaired and closed.
Victor: A hasty retreat
IT WAS a hasty retreat indeed from the Soar at the end of our cruise.
Volunteers are instructed differently
REGARDING Victor's comments about the volunteers at Foxton, I believe they are instructed differently from proper lock keepers, writes Helen Cripps.
Too much hassle
THE reason we no longer use the waterway from Foxton to Leicester is that it is too much hassle, writes Jim Cracken.
Rochdale Nine closed
A BROKEN lock gate has closed the Rochdale Nine in Manchester.