AT THE moment the ecologists are in raptures at discovering water vole on the Cain Hill Flight on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Devizes.
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FOR 40 years the Waterways Recovery Group (WRG) has been undertaking sterling work on the restoration and maintenance of the canals, but has broken away from this traditional role to undertake resurfacing and widening of towpaths.
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I AM afraid that I totally disagree with Geoff Low (Hope for the Future). The iconic Falkirk Wheel is a novel and functional engineering solution to the age old problem of getting boats from one level to another, writes Orph Mable.
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THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) is still ignoring the wishes of its Trustees and failing to publish its Board papers, writes Allan Richards.
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THOUGH three consultants were sent a tender invitation and specification for the work to undertake a feasibility study of the Inland Waterways Association's proposals for an alternative route for HS2, no one was interested.
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RECENT comments regarding access charges levied by British Waterways and their successors Canal & River Trust (CaRT) are interesting, writes Jimmy Lockwood.
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FROM the responses we have received from many boaters over the months about the Inland Waterways Association hijacking the four independent boater places on Canal & River Trust, it was a bad decision.
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Wonderful piece written by Orph about hope, perseverance, enthusiasm and just generally getting down to it, writes Geoff Low.
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THE Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Rishton, where it has breached, will reopen for navigation on Thursday 21st November.
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AFTER entering receivership some three years ago, OwnerShips, the boatshare company, was dissolved on 16th October, writes Allan Richards.
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