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Harecastle abruptly closed yesterday

WITH very little prior warning Harecastle Tunnel was shut yesterday, Thursday,  for the day to allow the water level to rise.

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Published: 05 August 2022

Lock gate failures occurring too often

YET another lock gate coming out of its cup must really show that they need attention.

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Published: 04 August 2022

New chairman for Canal & River Trust

DAVID ORR, CBE, IS  proposed for appointment as next Canal & River Trust chairman.

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Published: 04 August 2022

Vandals blamed for low water

LOW level of water on the Chesterfield is blamed on vandals.

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Published: 04 August 2022

Licence fees up 8% in total

THE Canal & River Trust has announced an inflationary rise of 4% in boat licence fees from 1st October 2022.

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Published: 03 August 2022

CaRT ignore Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony in Birmingham

AS ALLAN Richards has observed CaRT have much to be embarrassed about, writes Andrew Bailes.

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Published: 03 August 2022

Picked the right time

HAVING just returned from a seven weeks cruise down to Oxford and on the Thames it seems we picked the right time to do so, writes Martin Howes.

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Published: 03 August 2022

What a bloody mess!

LET us tell you of the 'Navigation: Closed' examples during July.

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Published: 01 August 2022

Is the census anonymous?

An item in the Boaters Update mentions CaRT sending out an anonymous census. writes John Coxon.

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Published: 01 August 2022

Victor asks who is kidding who?

THE erstwhile editor, Damian, of Boaters' Update has really lost it in blaming vandals.

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Published: 30 July 2022

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