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More boaters take winter moorings

THE Canal & River Trust has reported that more boaters than ever before are taking up winter moorings this year.

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Published: 07 December 2016

Email: Something substantial

I have no wish to add to the grief of those who have lost their loved ones to the Avon in Bath, but I would not have thought that 18 steps down to the river for a memorial is a sensible idea.

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Published: 07 December 2016

Was it tipped over?

I KNOW that your article concerning the sunken boat in the Regents Canal did not mention it, but the owners are artists and that great chunk of wood in it was being carved, writes John Rhodes.

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Published: 06 December 2016

Memorial for Bath drownings

SO MANY young people have now drowned in the Avon at Bath that a memorial is now planned to remember those who lost their lives.

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Published: 05 December 2016

Oil spill on the Cromford

THERE is very little of the Cromford Canal that is navigable, but that now contains nearly a mile of oil spill.

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Published: 05 December 2016

Home sank in 20 minutes

THOUGH a couple had spent seven months restoring a narrowboat on the Regents Canal it took just 20 minutes to suddenly sink, where it now rests on the bottom.

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Published: 05 December 2016

Battleground of competing interests

THERE are towpaths that certainly buck the trend of not many visitors during these winter months—those of the London canals.

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Published: 05 December 2016

White Mills certified

NO, NO, not the boaters certified at White Mills Marina on the Nene but the marina itself now officially certified as a camping site.

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Published: 05 December 2016

Boater stops Cambridge boat race

A BOATER, concerned about the safety of the swans and ducks on the Cam in Cambridge, moored his boat across the river holding up the Christmas boat race for over an hour.

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Published: 05 December 2016

Another boat sunk

ANOTHER boat has sunk in the Trent & Mersey Canal, but not in one of the 'terrible six' broad locks, as usual, but below a lock.
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Published: 02 December 2016

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