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What to make of it?

AS WE usually have a couple of cruises late in the year I have been perusing the list of winter stoppages, writes T. Lang.

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Published: 24 October 2022

Victor: Get back to your moorings whilst you can

WHILST Canal & River Trust(?) is proclaiming its marvellous waterways at the Houses of Parliament the opposite is very much the reality.

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Published: 22 October 2022

Coxhead awaiting 'method of repair'

ONCE again Coxhead Swing Bridge on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is out of action.

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Published: 22 October 2022

Body pulled from Coventry Canal

A MAN'S body has been pulled from the Coventry Canal.

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Published: 22 October 2022

Wood End Lift Bridge fails again

WOOD End Lift Bridge on the Peak Forest Canal has failed again, with the navigation closed.

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Published: 21 October 2022

Waterways showcased to parliament

THE Canal & River Trust has hosted a week-long exhibition in the Houses of Parliament, setting out the importance of the nation’s inland waterways to society in addition to their core role for boats and navigation.

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Published: 21 October 2022

White Mills Marina gets four gold anchors again

THE people at White Mills Marina on the Nene tell they were absolutely delighted to learn they will be able to continue to fly The Yacht Harbour Association's (TYHA) four gold anchors flag for another three years.

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Published: 20 October 2022

Two possible canal breaches

BOTH the Trent & Mersey and Peak Forest canals were closed due to possible breaches.

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Published: 20 October 2022

Fiasco of the winter stoppage programme

I'VE KEPT quiet about this fiasco but will now email, tells Anne of the National Association of Boat Owners.

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Published: 19 October 2022

Vital repairs to Liverpool's historic Albert Dock sea wall

LIVERPOOL'S historic Albert Dock sea wall will be more resilient to winter storms and Mersey tidal surges in future.

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Published: 19 October 2022

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Latest

  • Smoke control comes into force for narrowboats in Bimingham
  • Three stoppages still ongoing
  • EA stops Bristol Floating Harbour funding
  • Braunston Customer Service Facility now closed
  • Marsworth Flight reopened
  • Stoppages on Rochdale and Tame Valley canals
  • Another paddle failure
  • Another broken paddle on the Rochdale Canal
  • Environment Agency clearing more abandoned boats off the Thames
  • Attack just off the Coventry Canal towpath
  • Another mile of the Stroudwater Canal in water
  • Ripon takes the record
  • Canal town best place to live in the North
  • Quick repair to lock cill
  • Getting through Beeston Lock
  • Will Penkridge Lock be open for Easter?
  • At last—a way off the Weaver
  • Nottingham Trent Basin to be lost
  • New waterside bridge in position
  • Unexpected conditions preventing reopening of Beeston Lock

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