WE ARE pleased to be able to announce that Canal & River Trust has appointed its first ever welfare officer to 'support vulnerable boaters who, due to any number of factors, may be finding it harder to cope with life afloat'.
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DESPITE the fire that destroyed its premises and its machinery and stock, River Canal Rescue (RCR) is still in business and attending to its customers who find themselves in difficulty and need its services.
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I am afraid I do not agree with you correspondents who are concerned by what they call the unsafe towpaths, as in 13 years of boating the only problem on the towpaths that we have had was happy drunks at the Three Soulbury locks.
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As a rather well built fella, I'm not too worried about being attacked on the towpaths, though I can well understand the lady who wrote now being so in built-up areas after the vicious attack on the woman on the towpath at the top of Farmer's Bridge Flight in Birmingham, especially as she had a child with her.
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THE Waterway Recovery Group held its 40th Anniversary Big Bonfire Bash Reunion on the Chesterfield Canal from 7th to 9th November, involving over 100 volunteers from all over the country.
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I REALISE that to impress the government Canal & River Trust have to make out that there are millions of people using the canal towpaths, as it of course makes it look as though the canals are loved by everyone, and so helps to impress the government to give it money, writes Yvonne Towers.
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WITH Canal & River Trust (CaRT) advertising to replace two of Chief Executive Richard Parry's direct reports, we ask ‘who is next to go?', writes Allan Richards.
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A WATERWAYS Recovery Group (WRG) member who has worked on over 500 miles of the country's waterways restoration schemes and who now leads canal ‘camps' for people to help build their confidence and learn new skills is the winner of a new volunteering award, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.
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I was most pleased to read Victor Swift's exposure of the way the hire firm at Gunthorpe Bridge was using the limited moorings for its own use.
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Your report on overstaying boats at Gunthorpe raises the question as to whether the enforcement officer concerned is applying the rules impartially or showing favouritism to a few boaters whilst harassing others.
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