JAMES Henry wrote 'A survey will do nothing, for what will the results from people who have not used the tidal section know what is or is not required or what is wanted? I just do not see the point, as there is nothing anyone can do about a tide, it is purely in the hands of nature—and the moon!'. Repeats Paul Burke.
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IT LOOKS like snow and ice on the Ashton Canal, with a narrowboat covered in snow, but it is foam.
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My wife and I travelled along the tidal Trent from Cromwell, for an 'over-night' outside Torksey Lock, before going on to Hull Marina, for a few days. We then ran down the Humber to Grimsby, writes Tim Stewart.
I RESPONDED to the CART Survey on the tidal Trent by suggesting that CaRT address the problems of the non-tidal river first! Writes Mike Stone.
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THE Oxford University's women's boat crew have had to be rescued from the Thames by the RNLI lifeboat after being water-logged.
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THE Body of a woman was discovered on Easter Sunday floating in Sawley Cut next to Derby Motorboat Club, with a man arrested.
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I WAS rather intrigued by the articles in narrowboatworld about CaRT encouraging boaters to use the tidal Trent below Cromwell weir, so here is our first experience of boating on the Trent, taken from the log for 2012, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.
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Why are boaters afraid of the tidal Trent? I can honestly say that my last experience was a reasonably good and pleasant experience, writes Keith Gudgin.
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WE FIRST cruised the Trent from Keadby to Torksey in the mid 90s on a boat hired from Selby, writes Pete Earley.
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A BOAT café business that was started at Easter last year is still going strong with the good weather bringing in a great many customers over the recent holiday period.
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