ERIC WEISS has found out the hard way that using the Canal & River Trust (CaRT) Waterways Ombudsman Scheme can produce strange outcomes (No Lancaster discount), writes Allan Richards.
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FOLLOWING on this morning's report that two paddles failed on a lock on the Ashton Canal putting it out of business, we are now told that Limehouse Lock on to the Thames is out of action, making it two lock failures in one day.
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MICK Fitzgibbons states in his article Chaos reigns that in five years he is yet to encounter a problem finding a visitor mooring, writes Terry Ollerton.
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THE inquest concerning the death of Lewis Mullan who was discovered in Diglis Basin on the Worcester & Birmingham, Canal returned an open verdict.
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IT IS Boat Safety Week again, with Fire & Rescue people around the country offering advice, and in some cases, free smoke detectors to boaters.
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I READ with interest on another site about the sighting of a 70ft narrowboat in Whitehaven Harbour; the assumption being that it must have navigated the open sea from the Lancaster Canal via Glasson sea lock, writes Eric Weiss.
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THE self-styled canaloholic photographer, Harald Joergens, has produced a virtual tour of a traditional narrowboat for the owner and the Black Country Living Museum, and has given permission for us to reproduce.
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PROMINENT Canal & River Trust (CaRT) volunteer and ‘Friend', Laurence Hogg, has attacked a revamped supporters magazine, ‘Waterfront' as dire, saying it is the worst publication BWB, BW and now CaRT has ever produced, writes Allan Richards.
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THE Canal & River the Trust is seeing a significant fall in the number of boats on the inland waterways, (5,000 less boats on the waterways) writes Mick Fitzgibbons.
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THE Canal & River Trust has provided a bizarre explanation for the loss of £58m in its latest three year plan (CaRT's £58m loss will impact on maintenance), writes Allan Richards.
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