'Design and methodology' closes 'Nine' for a further two weeks
THE continuing fiasco at a 'Rochdale Nine' lock means that boaters are stuck for a further two weeks.
Due for a shock
I SEE theDaily Express is flogging the waterways as a ideal holiday, writes T. Lang.
Environmental Agency closes Lee Navigation lock
WARE Lock on the Lee Navigation has been closed by the Environmental Agency.
More work needed on L&L swing bridge
THE required parts for the broken swing bridge on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal were sourced on Monday.
"We have given up!"
AFTER 16 years of enjoying the canals and rivers we have joined the many others who have given up boating, writes Julian Pearce.
Victor proved right
VICTOR is certainly being proved right when he told of the unreliable Leeds & Liverpool and Rochdale problems.
Having a swinging time
THE trust is having a swinging time these days with swing bridge after swing bridge failing.
Signs, signs and more signs
YELLOW signs, blue signs and now electronic signs! writes John Coxon.
Good— and not so good—volunteers at Marple Flight
WE TOOK the Boy's boat down from Poynton to Portland Basin Marina for some work—excellently done—and returned it a week later, writes Paul Burke.
Bomb scare closes Leeds navigation
A MAGNET 'fisherman' pulling out a 'grenade' from the navigation caused a scare in Leeds over the week-end.