AFTER hiring a narrowboat on the Trent & Mersey Canal it awakened my interest in the work on disused canals, writes Paul Harding.
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THE narrowboat Dawn Rose is the only Chesterfield Canal boat in existence and was rebuilt over four years by a group of volunteers at Shireoaks Marina, where it is moored.
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AT 200 odd years old, with one failed and at least one other failing, those dams I reckon have reached their 'sell-by' date and need urgent attention.
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ARE eight reservoirs with concrete spillways similar to that at Toddbrook at risk? asks Allan Richards.
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THE further 'leak' on the Macclesfield Canal at Bollington has closed the navigation until March next year.
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LOOKING at the Toddbrook/CaRT report dates I have noticed that they seem very close together, writes John Coxon.
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A MAN had to be removed from the 'wrong side' of a Soar bridge yesterday.
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INITIALLY the problem with the [Toddbrook] dam was blamed on the heavy rainfall preceding the failure, writes Ralph Freeman.
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GOODNESS me, please don't give CART the idea of turning reservoirs into new towns. I can hear the beans being counted from the engine room, writes Roger Spurr.
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I WAS surprised and pleased to see that Allan Richards had written again, writes T. Lang.
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