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Possibility of Stratford to Grand Union link

IT WAS some 30 years ago that the Avon Navigation Trust proposed plans to extend the navigational Avon from Stratford to link up with the Grand Union Canal and now there is a further proposal.

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Published: 11 August 2017

No problem with canoes

I HAVE to admit that I have no problem whatsoever with canoes on the canals, it is rowers that bother me writes Vic Creedy.

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Published: 11 August 2017

Very welcome indeed at White Mills Marina

AFTER struggling with the tide to get off the Ouse, a couple were glad to get into a marina on the Nene, where they tell us they were made very welcome indeed.

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Published: 11 August 2017

New Junction Canal now open

Quick attention to Sykehouse Road Bridge on the New Junction Canal after a heavy goods vehicle has damaged the barrier, means it is now working and the navigation open.

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Published: 11 August 2017

Investigation shows carbon monoxide killed boater

THE Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has today published its report following an investigation into the fatal accident which occurred on board the motor cruiser Vasquez.

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Published: 10 August 2017

Not so many

There is one thing for sure, the Lee Navigation towpath won't be getting its millions of visitors so proclaimed by the Canal & River Trust.

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Published: 10 August 2017

Plenty of activities at Ellesmere this weekend

 THE Ellesmere Summer Festival will not only see canalside activities but the town itself brimming with things to see and do.

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Published: 10 August 2017

Swan lovers reponsible for death

AT THE risk of upsetting swan lovers, they are really the people responsible for the death of that swan caught in a boat's propeller, writes Helen Cripps.

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Published: 10 August 2017

More Lee towpath attacks

AS REPORTED in Narrowboatworld yesterday five men were robbed at knifepoint on the Lee towpath and beaten up by a gang of thugs, with more similar attacks now reported.

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Published: 10 August 2017

CaRT pushing for angling and canoeing

TASTER sessions are being organised by Canal & River Trust to get people to use its waterways for angling and canoeing.

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Published: 10 August 2017

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