narrowboatworld
  • Home
  • Information
  • Contact Us
  • Hire Guide

Trent & Mersey towpath slip

PART of the towpath and moorings below Barton Turn Lock at Bridge 38 have slipped into the Trent & Mersey Canal, together with the towpath, Ralph Freeman tells us.

Details
Published: 05 March 2014

Marks & Sparks big clean-up

ONCE again the staff and customers of Marks & Spencer are giving their time in a big clean-up of the beaches and canals.

Details
Published: 05 March 2014

No sleuths needed

IN RELATION To Canal & River Trust (CaRT) making payments to celebrities to promote volunteer lock keepers, John Howard asks ‘Maybe one of your narrowboatworld sleuths might be able to find out', writes Allan Richards.

Details
Published: 05 March 2014

Alternative payment structures

There are plenty of people ready to propose alternative structures for the  payments which marinas have to pay to CaRT for the privilege of connecting their marinas to the canal network. Without this agreement, anyone mooring their boat in the marina would have nowhere to go, writes Mike Todd.

Details
Published: 05 March 2014

Another celebrity to promote volunteers

THE Canal & River Trust has engaged television personality Penny Smith in its endeavour to promote more volunteer lock keepers.

Details
Published: 03 March 2014

Balancing the continuous cruiser thinking

EACH time someone on narrowboatworld has a go at continuous cruisers (aka, now, boaters 'without a home mooring'), I feel the need to balance out some of the thinking behind the jibes, writes Suzanne MacLeod.

Details
Published: 03 March 2014

Have a business to run

ONE can't help, but feel sorry for Paul Lillie (Pillings' Managing Director) writes John Kelly.

Details
Published: 03 March 2014

Free market

THIS gentleman [Paul Lillie of Pillings Lock Marina] has complained that boats are leaving his marina to continuously cruise, within CaRT's regulations obviously, writes Martin Brooks.

Details
Published: 03 March 2014

The Pillings Marina débâcle

MUCH as been written, by many people about the Pillings Marina débâcle, so here is the story from the 'horses mouth'—its Managing Director, Paul Lillie:

Details
Published: 02 March 2014

David: CaRT on the ball

IF THE Notices I receive from CaRT regarding closures and emergencies are anything to go by, then they seem to be doing a pretty good job with the problems caused by the floods.

Details
Published: 01 March 2014

Page 968 of 1357

  • 963
  • 964
  • 965
  • 966
  • 967
  • 968
  • 969
  • 970
  • 971
  • 972

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