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WRG camps for 2018

THE Waterway Recovery Group’s Canal Camp programme will feature 28 Canal Camps across 13 different waterways in 2018.

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Published: 14 December 2017

Protests of wide beam boats using Oxford Canal

BOATERS are complaining of the use of wide beam boats using the North Oxford Canal, that is built as a narrow canal with limited width.

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Published: 13 December 2017

London boaters say they are being forced out

RESIDENT boaters in London are taking to the media, including the BBC, to complain of Canal & River Trust's attitude towards them.

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Published: 13 December 2017

Summit reservoirs normal for time of year

THOUGH there are restrictions in force on the summit level at Tring on the Grand Union Canal, the water levels at Tringford Reservoir are good for this time of year.

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Published: 13 December 2017

Nothing new in checking moorings

Checking with mooring operators is nothing new for CaRT, or at least its predecessor, BW, writes Martin Howes.

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Published: 13 December 2017

Free wood for boaters

THERE is a pile of timber by the old coal chute on the BCN Old Mainline should nearby boaters be interested.

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Published: 13 December 2017

CaRT pursuing 'continuous moorers'

IN AN obvious move to pursue 'continuous moorers', Canal & River Trust is asking mooring operators to submit details of the boats on their moorings.

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Published: 11 December 2017

Take-over is not in boaters interest

I WILL first admit that I am no longer a member of the Inland Waterways Association, and refused to renew my subs after in joined with Canal & River Trust, as I have since found out so did many others, writes Paul Dakin.

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Published: 11 December 2017

More complaints for Richard

MANY boaters, so concerned at the way that Canal & River Trust is progressing  are now contacting its Chief Executive Richard Parry direct, in the hope that something can be achieved, with Brian Jarrett the latest, with his email reproduced:

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Published: 11 December 2017

Pump breakdown causes Grand Union Canal restrictions

THERE are restrictions in force on the summit level at Tring on the Grand Union Canal as the pump supplying the water has broken down.

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Published: 11 December 2017

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