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CaRT's enforcement letters

Following a request under the Freedom of Information Act, Canal & River Trust has published most of the pro forma enforcement letters mentioned in its controversial ‘enforcement flowchart' (Be concerned!), writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 30 July 2015

Rochdale closed again

WE ARE doing better this week, with it being Thursday and only two canals closed—but alas the Rochdale again.

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Published: 30 July 2015

Email: Safeguarding Duntons

Going further off subject the solution to not being able to fish for alloy windlasses with a magnet is the good old jubilee clip.

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Published: 30 July 2015

Police chase ended in drowning

A TEENAGER drowned in the Lee Navigation yesterday (Wednesday) as he tried to escape the police chasing him.

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Published: 30 July 2015

Beware mooring in Banbury

IT WOULD seem that the Oxford Canal below Napton is not a very friendly place to moor, as now, three people have told us of the attitude of other boaters.

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Published: 30 July 2015

Boss did not deliberately mislead

THE Canal & River Trust have claimed that its Head of Legal and General Council, Jackie Lewis, did not deliberately mislead the reconstituted Waterways Ombudsman Committee, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 29 July 2015

More towpath cycle crashes

Last Friday afternoon Roger Fox tells us he was on the Tame Valley Canal when two cyclists crashed head-on on the towpath.

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Published: 29 July 2015

Dangers of Selby Lock stoppage

WHILST it's true that the closure of Selby Lock merely prevents access to a short length of canal joining the Aire at Haddlesey, there's a far more serious consequence in that it prevents boaters coming downriver from York using the safest route back onto the canals, writes Tony Dunkley.

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Published: 29 July 2015

Email: Dunton Windless

I've just read David Hymer's piece on the lock gear; I have had a Dunton Double windlass for years, and it is a splendid piece of kit.

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Published: 29 July 2015

Boater donated steel

THE repair of Dallow lock would have taken much longer had it not been for the generosity of a local boater, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 27 July 2015

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