IT WAS way back in 2006 that the then British Waterways issued its advice on the use of motorcycles on the towpaths.
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IT WILL not be so easy to get into the Stratford River Festival this week-end, as the organisers are concerned about recent terror attacks so are putting in security measures.
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WITH doubts being raised by various contributors about gas lockers being padlocked or left unlocked we contacted the fire people with a representative telling us that quick means to turn off the gas must be available in the case of fire. We then received information from a long standing BSS examiner:
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I THINK the term 'motorbike' is rather restrictive, writes Bill Ridgeway.
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A MAN living on a narrowboat moored at Long Itchington on the Grand Union Canal has been jailed for 20 months after grooming and sexually assaulting a girl he knew was only 14 after arranging to meet her ‘away from prying eyes’.
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SUCH was the popularity of the 'Over and Under the Hill'—through and over Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal that it has been arranged again for the end of July.
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THE New Islington Marina was constructed in 2013 as part of a new short waterway connecting the Rochdale and Ashton canals in Manchester, accommodating resident boaters, but they have been told they have to vacate the marina for 12 months.
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THE Macclesfield Canal is closed again, this time by the damaged Royal Oak Swing Bridge.
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WHOEVER thought up the idea of turning a canalside village into as it was way back in the Second World War, could surely not have envisaged the tremendous success it would be, with now its 10th anniversary.
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THAT was the advice of a passer-by to the steerer of a trip boat attempting to turn in a space shorter than his boat.
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