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The garden must go

MANY boaters, ourselves included, have admired the garden at Lock 15 on the Audlem Flight of the Shropshire Union Canal, but not alas, Canal & River Trust.

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Published: 29 June 2015

New marina for the Nene

WITH planning permission agreed, work will start this week on a much needed marina for the Nene at Earls Barton.

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Published: 29 June 2015

August before Lancaster Canal is re-opened

THREE holes have been discovered in the bed of the Lancaster Canal near Lune Aqueduct, making the repair a major operation, that will close it for at least five weeks.

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Published: 28 June 2015

10,000th passenger for trip boat

A TOTAL of 10,000 passengers have now cruised on Bedford's community boat, John Bunyan during its service.
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Published: 26 June 2015

Campsite for Wigrams

A CAMPSITE has now opened at Wigrams Turn Marina at the junction of the Grand Union and Oxford canals.

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Published: 26 June 2015

Surviving L&L boat to be restored

BOTH Canal & River Trust staff and volunteers at the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port are to restore George, a rare surviving Leeds & Liverpool Canal horse-drawn boat.

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Published: 26 June 2015

Waterways Partnerships not included

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) has excluded its Waterways Partnerships from a project that will will include taking 30 youngsters from an inner city area from London to Stratford-upon-Avon by narrowboat writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 26 June 2015

Two Stratford towpath attacks

IT WOULD seem the towpath of the Stratford Canal is an unsafe place to walk, as there have been two attacks in one day.

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Published: 25 June 2015

Another marina refused planning permission

A MARINA planned for Slapton below Leighton Buzzard on the Grand Union Canal has been refused planning permission.

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Published: 25 June 2015

Diesel on the Lancaster

THOUGH our David Hymers was unable to locate anyone selling diesel on the Lancaster Canal, there is one supplier at Ashton Basin.

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Published: 25 June 2015

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Latest

  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters
  • Collapsed culvert keeps Staffs & Worcs Canal closed
  • Long closure caused by building demolition
  • Just one puppy lived of three dumped on canal towpath
  • Could be a long stoppage at Kennet & Avon lock
  • How the boat rescue was undertaken
  • Rain, rain and more rain
  • Two problems at Keadby Lock
  • Boaters emptying cassette toilets into canal
  • Stoke-on-Trent museums at risk
  • Seven months closure ends
  • Moorers taking part in Dogs Behaving Very Badly
  • Another quickie
  • Illegal floating encampment activity removed

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