BOATERS are complaining that the water level was so low on the upper Grand Union Canal that they were grounding, and those managing to cruise were unable to get to the bank.
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REGULAR readers will recollect the story of the proposed Daventry Arm, and its 'on' and 'off' situation.
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The story of the Barge Bookshop not being allowed to trade from Bristol docks has taken a surprising turn.
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WHILST British Waterways is striving to keep levels up on its waterways, the Environment Agency is doing the opposite—lowering the level of the Thames.
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THE waterwheel on the Arun is believed to be the only one of its kind is the county, and is to be inaugurated by local MP and government minister, the Rt Hon Nick Herbert.
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THE promised repairs to the Deepcut Flight of the Basingstoke Canal, have still not started, despite many promises, as previously reported in narrowboatworld.
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We hired our first Narrowboat in 1972 from High Line Yachting at Iver, they sent a young man with us to Cowley Lock, he explained steering the boat and how locks worked.
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ANYONE attempting to find chandlers along the eastern part of the Trent & Mersey Canal can but wonder at their scarcity.
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We started as hirers before buying our own boat several years ago. What I remember most is that we were never shown how to operate a lock.
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I READ with, absolute agreement, the comments in Richard Swan article (Loopy Learners) little knowing that by the end of the day we would have some first-hand experience of new hirers having problems at the first locks they encountered, writes contributor Roger Olver.
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