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Spending money sensibly?

FOLLOWING the fall from Marple Aqueduct I am not surprised that CART are planning to erect railings to the off-side of the aqueduct, but how can this possibly cost 1.5 million pounds? Asks Graham Westgate.

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Published: 09 September 2015

Is CaRT's 'Licensing Team' fit for purpose?

IF WHAT boaters tell us, and if our own experience is anything to go by, Canal & River Trust's 'Licensing Team' is certainly not fit for purpose.

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Published: 08 September 2015

BWML apologises for dirty tricks

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) marina subsidiary BWML has apologised to competitors for using ‘dirty tricks' in the battle to fill berths.

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Published: 07 September 2015

Open Day at canal workshops

THERE is to be an Open Day at the canal workshops at Apperley Bridge on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal this month, where visitors will be able to see  Canal & River Trust's smithy and workshops that are not normally open to the public.
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Published: 07 September 2015

Boy falls from Marple Viaduct

A BOY has fallen from the parapet on the off-side of the Marple Aqueduct on the Peak Forest Canal and is critically injured.
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Published: 07 September 2015

Email: All be friends

In response to Gareth Haines, 'Why can't we all be friends'. Often I've waved and smiled to owners of boats with barely a space. on it's roof, a boat clearly in need of attention and yet the liveaboard owner has simply returned a look of disdain, ignorance personified.

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Published: 07 September 2015

Two repairs completed

TWO lock repairs have been completed by Canal & River Trust. with the navigations now open.

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Published: 07 September 2015

Trip boat trial at Trent Lock

A TRIP boat has started operating from Trent Lock on a trial basis, with permission given by Canal & River Trust for it to operate.

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Published: 07 September 2015

CaRT puts boat and crew in danger

WE WERE put in jeopardy by an absentee manager at Lock 14 on the Marple Flight (Peak Forest Canal) writes Hilary Rhodes.

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Published: 06 September 2015

Braunston sewage IS a serious health issue

MICK Fitzgibbons writes that the overflowing sewage at Braunston has 'all the makings of a serious public health issue'—it does not have the makings of one, it is one. The sewage is next to a drinking water tap! Writes David Davis.

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Published: 06 September 2015

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