As we all know statistics can be used selectively to justify almost any statement .... and are frequently so employed to substantiate statements that cannot otherwise be given credibility, writes Jimmy Lockwood.
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THERE is one thing we can say about Canal & River Trust Chief Executive Richard Parry—he does get stuck in!
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IN THE lead up to the transformation of British Waterways into the Canal & River Trust, one wag at the time likened it to the change of a maggot into a fly. The inference being that neither was wanted! Writes Mick Fitzgibbons.
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Having come across your website I perused the letters and opinions. I am in the process of checking out moorings prior to purchasing a narrow boat. One thing I have noticed is the distinct lack of permanent/residential moorings. I want to have a home base for winter and cruise the system during the warmer months, writes David Harpin.
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FOLLOWING a recent visit to Holme Lock on the Trent by Canal & River Trust's Head of Governance, Roger Hanbury, Darren Wood's licence was re-instated, this despite his licence having previously been revoked (Confused leisure boater) on the alleged grounds of ‘overstaying on a visitor mooring', writes Pam Pickett.
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Would you believe the Environment Agency wants us all to believe that there are more accidents at locks where lock keepers are present than when they are not!
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IT IS difficult to understand how a banner advertising a canal day could be of use to a thief, but such has been stolen from a bridge on the Oxford Canal, Alan Tilbury tells us.
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I HAVE had an email from Sean McGinley, East Midlands Waterways Manager, following my comments about the discrepancies in the Trent flood warning boards, writes David Hymers.
THE Canal & River Trust has now published its response to the Kennet & Avon Canal towpath mooring plan consultation, to attempt to encourage fair use of the busy stretch of the waterway between Devizes and Bath, and tells us:
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THE self-styled captain of a replica U-boat has been charged with £1.1million VAT fraud and money laundering, following a Customs raid on his replica U-boat narrowboat.
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