The reason why
ALL of you must have noticed the Google advertisements that have appeared down the left hand column, so perhaps I should explain.
The big con revealed
THE CON is British Waterways telling all and sundry that its property portfolio was contributing some £45 millions towards maintaining our canals—it is not.
There's a shark in the water...

THE latest suspect scheme from British Waterways is a radio controlled shark patrolling its canals—to point out the dangers, reveals Victor Swift.
Little chance of Leeds & Liverpool opening
THE Leeds & Liverpool Canal is still closed, and the reservoirs very low.
The grass is greener?
I've been living aboard my boat in Cambridge for the last three years, and would like to add some comments on David Hymer's recent article, writes Michael Prior-Jones.
Added 'attraction' for Stroud Canal
NOT particularly a wanted attraction however, for a man has dumped his unwanted boa constrictor in the waterway.
Drowned man had taken drugs
Towpaths not very safe
Will Gloucester be sacrificed?
THERE is every possibility that the Gloucester Waterways Museum will be sacrificed for the sake of Ellesmere Port and Stoke Bruerne museums.
Derby decision delayed
THOUGH the decision as to whether permission will be granted for the restoration of the Derby Canal was expected earlier this month it will not now be given until the end of September.