The elusive and impractical dream of electric boats
Further to your article regarding electric boats, I thought I’d share a nougat of a conversation I had with the skipper of the electric trip boat Electra recently, writes John Howard.
It's a bit low Victor
IT IS pleasing that narrowboatworld has reminded everyone of the Toddbrook incident which CRT, Defra (as CRT's major funder) and EA (as reservoir regulator) have all tried to sweep under the carpet, writes Allan Richards.
Woman left paralysed after thrown from canal bridge
A YOUNG woman was left paralysed from the chest down after being thrown off a bridge by a jealous 'friend'.
Victor asks why the Toddbrook repair was not put out to tender
SO THE repair to the spillway on Toddbrook Reservoir is going to cost between £12 and £16 millions!
'Bank Failure' closes the Kennet & Avon
PERHAPS again it's a breach by any other name.
Leeds & Liverpool Canal sink hole repaired
THE sink hole on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Lock 50 has been repaired.
Toddbrook Reservoir to be repaired
THE Toddbrook Reservoir bank that collapsed back in 2019 is to be repaired.
The trust gets £1.4 million from the government
THE Canal & River Trust is to get £1.4 million from the government to maintain locks.
Not such a welcome anymore
MY WIFE and I often visited Teddington, which was her home town, writes Richard Attwood.
Huddersfield Narrow open—and closed!
THE good news was that the leak had been 'resolved' between locks 14W and 15W and the navigation open after the seven days stoppage.