All quiet on the Coventry
ALL quiet indeed on the Coventry Canal at a snow-bound Hopwas this morning. Picture by Keith Gudgin.
Victor believes we should not overlook the work of the teams
ALL too often there are complaints about the work of contractors that are now let loose on our waterways.
Canal & River Trust to the rescue
CRITICAL situation at Wychnor, but two CaRT employees I met were on the case—good to see, and I told them so, writes Ralph Freeman.
Not a lot of good news for those on the Shroppie
WITH breaches, landslides and now trees blocking the Shropshire Union Canal, it's not very good for boaters.
Worries over river marina with solid berths
THOUGH most river marinas have floating pontoons that rise in floods keeping boats safe, there is one notable exception, writes the editor, Tom Crossley.
They were a menace
JOE Pullen's article about vandals in the past brought back a few memories, writes James Henry.
Storm causing havoc on the waterways
THE storm has caused a further breach on the Shropshire Union Canal and a landslide has closed the Trent & Mersey Canal.
Northern canals suffer in flood
IT IS the northern canals that have suffered in the recent torrential rainfall, with damage and debris along the Aire & Calder and Calder & Hebble river navigations.
Where are the 'vandals'?
IN BETWEEN lockdowns last year I once more took to the canals for a boating holiday, writes Joe Pullen.
It's better by water!
HERE'S a picture of the Grand Union summit towpath just south of Bulbourne Junction yesterday.