narrowboatworld
  • Home
  • Information
  • Contact Us
  • Hire Guide

Coventry Basin not safe anymore

MANY boaters—us included—have moored overnight in secluded Coventry Canal Basin after cruising the graffiti littered waterway, but it is not safe anymore.

Details
Published: 10 July 2014

CaRT's harassment of boaters

I'M WRITING this article to offer moral support to Tony Ball and Tony Dunkley. As widely reported in narrowboatworld,  I too was singled out for harassment by CaRT, writes Ralph Freeman.

Details
Published: 10 July 2014

Email: To the Continent

I just had to reply to the article by Ian Campbell. Another knocker of our beautiful waterways who has gone off to the Continent!

Details
Published: 09 July 2014

You can stop the harassment

YOU have published a few articles recently about people being harassed by CaRT enforcement and recently recommended keeping a log of the movements a boat makes, but you should be aware that a logging system exists for just that purpose and is being used on the canals, writes John Quinlan.

Details
Published: 09 July 2014

Hirer training at ABC

I would like to comment on this article on behalf of ABC Leisure Group to set the record straight, writes Edward Helps.

Details
Published: 09 July 2014

This week's first closure

THE first closure this week was the Rochdale Canal on Monday, that is still closed at Kay Lane Lock (64) at Chadderton.

Details
Published: 09 July 2014

Make our towpaths safer

There is a petition by Laura Hughes to get Canal & River Trust to make some effort to reduce the level of the problem of speeding cyclists on our towpaths, Mick Fitzgibbons tells us.

Details
Published: 09 July 2014

Guilty until proved innocent

A GOOD many boaters I know that have decided to 'cruise off into the sunset of their lives', in effect live the 'dream' promised by glowing advertising, are retired or semi-retired, writes Pam Pickett.

Details
Published: 09 July 2014

K&A open again

THE lock that was damaged causing the closure of the Kennet & Avon Canal has now been repaired, with the navigation opened today, Monday.
Details
Published: 07 July 2014

Escaped to the continent

HAVING been a great fan of narrowboatworld over many years and reading with interest the various articles and emails, I continue to read with interest the discontent that there is, writes Ian Campbell.

Details
Published: 07 July 2014

Page 940 of 1357

  • 935
  • 936
  • 937
  • 938
  • 939
  • 940
  • 941
  • 942
  • 943
  • 944

Latest

  • Water, water, everywhere
  • Still no paddles for lock on Glasson Branch
  • More problems at Penkridge Lock
  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
  • Lee Navigation lock remains closed to navigation
  • Café turns to cyclists as it has fewer boaters
  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
  • Two more 'winter works' added
  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters
  • Collapsed culvert keeps Staffs & Worcs Canal closed

Search