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Mowing in unsuitable conditions

I CONCUR with Kevin McNiff’s observations and comments. It’s interesting, his remarks regarding towpath mowing in these arid conditions, writes Brian Jarrett.

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Published: 18 July 2018

Campaingner to clean up Limehouse Basin

 A GREEN campaigner is so disgusted with the plastic waste in Limehouse Basin she is seeking volunteers for a plastic pollution clean-up.

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Published: 18 July 2018

Making life better by water—not in Braunston

NOW on my return trip from Ellesmere Port to Cropredy, there is a very noticeable difference in the state of vegetation management the further south I’ve travelled, writes Kevin McNiff.

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Published: 18 July 2018

Baby saved from drowning

A BABY'S grandparents had failed to notice that the buggy holding the baby they were looking after had rolled into the Nottingham Canal and submerged,

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Published: 18 July 2018

Now it's the Rochdale

AFTER this coming Friday access to the Rochdale Canal will be limited.

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Published: 17 July 2018

Poor performance by CaRT

CONGRATULATIONS to both Victor and John on their all too true revelations of the poor performance of Canal & River Trust, writes, James Henry.

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Published: 17 July 2018

It's still stop-go on the Macc

IT IS still stop-go on the Macclesfield Canal, with it again at 'stop'.

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Published: 16 July 2018

What are we paying for?

I NEED to ask what is it that boaters are paying Canal & River Trust for? Queries John Coxon.

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Published: 16 July 2018

Another Grantham Canal lock in water

SLOWLY, but very surely. the derelict locks of the Grantham Canal are being restored.

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Published: 16 July 2018

Magnet fishing revealed guns

MAGNET fishing in the canals seems to have become a craze, but paid-off for Paul and Marie Price.

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Published: 16 July 2018

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Latest

  • Deeply regret but illness causes lack of publication
  • Flood warning on the Trent
  • 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

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