The amphibious yellow Duck boats that sank in Liverpool and the Thames suffered from poor maintenance a report has discovered.
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It's usually suggested that cyclists need to be told or reminded that they do not have right of way on towpaths, but I think it would be more effective if pedestrians and walkers were educated and told, in no uncertain terms, that they do have right of way, as they are so often unsure, and quite rightly afraid of dangerous speeding cyclists.
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DREDGING has commenced on the Grantham Canal, but not to improve the waterway for boats but to encourage the growth of a rare plant.
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INTERESTING piece concerning cyclists. The way Canal & River Trust ploughs on regardless on its mission: 'Waterways for All' makes me wonder what its mandate is, writes Howard Clarke.
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THOUGH holding continuous cruiser licences, moorers at Hackney on the Lee have formed a Hackney Boating Families group and want to be able to stay in one place and not move every 14 days as they agreed when taking out their licences.
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I'M A BOATER, cyclist and am heavily involved in the canal restoration movement, but it grieves me to say, as a (courteous) regular towpath cyclist, that cyclists are, by and large a problem on towpaths, writes Tony Jackson.
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IF THE locals living near the breach on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Dutton are to be believed it has been leaking ever since it was repaired in 2012.
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THE Canal & River Trust has finally released the number of unplanned closures to its waterways last year—1,647 days!
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THERE is only one way to get rid of the vegetation that is growing in the crevasses of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen canal, and that is by abseiling.
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IT IS PLEASING to see Canal & River Trust (CaRT) Chief Executive, Richard Parry, enter the debate concerning the Trust's failure to publish the court's findings in the case of Geoff Mayers (CaRT court orders and judgments), writes Allan Richards.
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