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Don't call—no one there!

IF YOU want to report something concerning the Manchester & Pennine Canals, or book a passage through a tunnel, don't call in the morning as there is no one to answer the phone!

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Published: 11 November 2013

Barrier wanted after two deaths

THE result of two deaths by cars leaving the road and careering into the Nene, has prompted campaigners to call for safety barriers to be installed.

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Published: 11 November 2013

Taking the credit

THERE is an article in the IWA Towpath Telegraph on the Red Lion pub at Fenny Lock, which has been recently refurbished, writes Martin Brooks.

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Published: 11 November 2013

The continuing 2D confusion

IT WOULD seem that it is not only boaters that do not understand the new 2D mooring restriction, but neither do those that have the task of enforcing it, as Suzanne MacLeod writes:

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Published: 11 November 2013

Shropshire Union failure

THERE has been a failure of yet another culvert, this time on the Shropshire Union Canal below Ellesmere Port.

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Published: 11 November 2013

Will it become a reality?

I NOTICE the passage '...the new Chief Executive, Richard Parry, categorically announced at a Press Briefing that in the future Canal & River Trust (CaRT) will be open and transparent' writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 11 November 2013

Fazeley moorings

IN ANSWER to Peter Ponting about Fazeley I don't think he has read my piece very carefully as it clearly states: 'Picture one is of the northern post, picture two is of the southern post and picture three is of the post in between them', writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 10 November 2013

Wrong cement?

THE current planned stoppage at Cropredy Lock on the Oxford Canal has developed a new twist writes Kevin McNiff.

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Published: 10 November 2013

Visitor moorings

HAVING visited Fazeley on a number of occasions, seven days mooring is indicated by arrows, showing the mooring area. The visitors mooring is separate and nearer to the town, writes Peter Ponting.

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Published: 10 November 2013

Victor: The bash

WITH the combined forces of our Thomas and Allan Richards at last Friday's Canal & River Trust (CaRT) Press bash, it was fairly certain that it was going to be interesting.

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Published: 10 November 2013

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