Good result
WHEN Peter Lloyd kindly sent us the reports and photographs of the narrowboat that sunk outside its marina, we included his blog address, as a 'thank you'.
Remove the blockage—or else!
THE NEWS that Cambridge County Council still have the access to and from the Middle Levels blocked has enraged the Middle Level Commissioners.
Leak closes Mon & Brec again
THE Mon & Brec Canal is closed at the start of the cruising season due to a leak in the pound that was repaired after the 2007 bank collapse.
Award for boater
BOATER John West has received a commendation from Thames Valley Police Chief Constable Sara Thornton for rescuing a family from the Thames.
Boaters watch out!
BOATERS working the locks from Diglis Basin on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal should take extra care this coming season.
Out she comes
AFTERÂ four weeks on the bottom of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, the narrowboat Stepping Stone was re-floated yesterday (Thursday), Peter Lloyd tells us.
Plastic boobs caused alert
WHEN a towpath walker alerted the emergency services to a body in the Union Canal at Linlithgow, everything went on full alert.
Boaters save drowing men
ANOTHER boater on the Thames has saved a drowning man in the river—the second within a month.
Beginner had to be rescued
A WOMAN who was seduced into the idyllic life of waterway living had a rude awakening into its realities when she took to the Avon in flood conditions, and had to be rescued by firefighters.
Teenager staggered into canal
A TEENAGER was seen to stagger onto the ice of the Union Canal in Merchiston, and fall through it into the water at 7am on Tuesday morning.