DID YOU know there are 127 miles of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. And correspondingly there should be 127 milestones. Well some are missing. There is a plan to replace those that are missing and refurbish those that need refurbishing. What a splendid idea! Writes Maffi Oxford.
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I have been narrowboating for many years (like many on this site) and can say I have never tipped my Portipotti other than in an authorised disposal point.
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IT HAS now been confirmed, as was expected, that the body found in the Trent is that of Sawley Marina resident, Josh Cotton, ending the month long search.
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DURING the past year Canal & River Trust were forced to issue over 1,130 restricted boat licences to those boaters without a home mooring, it decided were not fulfilling the terms of their licences.
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RIVER Canal Rescue has moved its boat and engine maintenance and electrics courses from Alvechurch Marina, back to its head office in Baswich, Stafford following its move back to its re-furbished headquarters, by bridge 101 on the Staffs & Worcs Canal.
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THE canal historian, founder and president of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal Society, is to be honoured during the canal's bicentenary year with a lock being named after him at Gargrave.
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THOUGH a moorer at Lee Valley Marina complained about the closing of the club house (Hiked fees but less facilities at Springfield) that is owned by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority and managed by Vibrant Partnerships, Bill Moran, Head of Venues at Vibrant Partnerships, writes:
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I HAVE just read Adrian Fellows article (Elsans and holding tanks) and had to check the date to make sure it wasn't April 1st! I was sure he must be joking! Writes Jennifer MacGillivray.
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