To add my little bit to the noisy 'traditional' engines, will someone please tell me why those with such noisy engines have to have both side doors wide open so we can hear their racket?
- Details
MY COMPATRIOTS of the Great Ouse Boating Association (GOBA) seem hell-bent on the Canal & River Trust taking over its waters from the Environment Agency, but it really is the last thing they want, writes Peter Ford.
- Details
AN ENGINEER threw an apprentice into the 'Rochdale Nine' in Manchester when he refused to fetch him cigarettes at a works party at one of the Canal Street bars.
- Details
WITHÂ the death of two more people from carbon monoxide poisoning from petrol generators, comes a blunt warning from the Boat Safety Scheme (BSS).
- Details
THE Elsan facility at Braunston on the Grand Union Canal is once again out of order to boaters.
- Details
SANTA started his rounds extra early this year when he arrived in Retford by Seth Ellis, one of the Chesterfield Canal Trust's trip boats.
- Details
THERE has been, what can only be described as 'severe' vandalism on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal in recent days.
- Details
THE Canal & River Trust has launched a long-term water resource strategy aimed at maintaining a reliable supply of water for the nation's canal network.
- Details
LET me admit right from the start that I love the sound of a vintage engine in a narrowboat. But, putting this aside, there is a practical reason for liking these engines that benefits all canal boaters, writes Graham Booth.
THE Canal & River Trust advise that the Worcester & Birmingham Canal is closed at Tolladine Lock, North of Worcester.
- Details