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Aldermaston Wharf to go

THE long expected plans to develop the historic Aldermaston Wharf on the Kennet & Avon Canal have now been submitted.
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Published: 06 December 2010

During November...

EVERY now and again we tell you what were the top read pages in narrowboatworld, so here are those that were most read in November.

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Published: 03 December 2010

'Makeover' for two Ashton locks

PART of the winter maintenance is repointing and replacing missing brickwork on two locks on the Ashton Canal, removing vegetation within the lock chambers and carrying out gate cills repairs whilst the locks are dewatered.

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Published: 03 December 2010

Make your views known

BOATER Brian Phillips reminds readers that the British Waterways licence increase is not a done deal, and there is a consultation open until the 31st January 2011.

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Published: 03 December 2010

Liverpool lockies get the award

The Hotel Boat section of the Association of Pleasure Craft Operators (APCO) has awarded their prestigious Lock Keeper of the Year award for 2009/10 to the Liverpool Link Team, Harry Arnold tells us.

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Published: 02 December 2010

Snow and ice doesn't stop them

THE winter maintenance work is still carrying on despite the snow and ice at present covering the waterways.

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Published: 02 December 2010

"No more marinas on the Oxford!"

WITH marina operators losing boats as never before, those on the overcrowded Oxford Canal are worried at the proposals for yet another massive marina.

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Published: 02 December 2010

'Tent man' expecting to die

THE man living in a tent at Wolvercote Lock on the Oxford Canal says he is expecting to die there.

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Published: 02 December 2010

It's starting

THERE'S now ice on the waterways, and of course people believe it can hold their weight, but it cannot so they are having to be rescued.

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Published: 02 December 2010

Not all one way

HERE is the tale of a 'continuous cruiser' that has complained to his local MP claiming 'victimisation' and 'harassment' by one of BW's Enforcement Officers, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 02 December 2010

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