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Victor finds the Coventry slow going

IT'S a few years since we last did the Coventry Canal, way before the virus in fact.

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Published: 14 May 2022

Victor finds the 'Six' being avoided

THE start of our cruise meant tackling the 'Terible Six' broad locks at the start of the Trent & Mersey.

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Published: 09 May 2022

Victor reckons swing bridges need sorting

SOMETHING really must be done about the ever failing swing bridges on the system.

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Published: 08 May 2022

It is hard to believe

IT IS indeed hard to believe that there were 29 stoppages on the waterways in one month, writes T. Lang.

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Published: 06 May 2022

Rochdale stoppage could be a long job

DEPENDING on contractors these days, the stoppage on the Rochdale could be a long job.

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Published: 06 May 2022

549 days lost to stoppages in April

ON MONDAY, narrowboatworld revealed that C&RT had posted 29 stoppages in April. Now Allan Richards provides more stoppage information for April stoppages taken from the Trust's database:

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Published: 05 May 2022

Now you see it—now you don't!

AMONGST the various banners at Canal Cavalcade in Little Venice, over the May Bank Holiday weekend, was one from the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) pushing for improved boater facilities, writes Jonathan Mosse.

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Published: 05 May 2022

Aqueduct Marina builds green credentials with Bilgeaway

AQUEDUCT Marina, based on the Shropshire Union Canal near Nantwich, is encouraging customers to install River Canal Rescue Bilgeaway filter on their narrowboats.

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Published: 05 May 2022

John Coxon tells it like it is!

THIRTY closures in the first month of the boating season?

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Published: 04 May 2022

NBTA wins Lottery funding to support psychotherapy service

THE National Lottery Community Fund has awarded the National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) nearly £10,000.

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Published: 04 May 2022

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Latest

  • Possible boatyard for Oxford after 20 years
  • Four paddle failures already this month
  • De-wintering tips from River Canal Rescue
  • 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

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