Victor tells the tale of two windlasses
WITH paddles no longer greased and our getting older(!) something had to be done to make working locks a little easier.
Three stoppages in one day!
EVEN for Canal & River Trust this is exceptionable—three canals closed in one day!
Bilgeaway filter for free!
BOAT owners who book a service with River Canal Rescue will get a Bilgeaway filter for free!
Sustainable Boating Pledge launched
SUSTAINABLE Boating Pledge has been launched at the Southampton International Boat Show.
Boaters' facilities protected on Middle Level
THE campaign against the plan to remove boaters' facilities in March on the Nene has resulted in the decision being reversed.
'Cox on the rocks' once again
THE Leeds & Liverpool Swing Bridge, Coxhead, is 'on the rocks' once more.
'Closed period' on the waterways!
WELL, never knew we had a closed period on the canals! Writes Brian D Jarrett.
'1984' at Standedge!
IN GEORGE Orwell's 1984, there is a passage where Winston Smith is in a beauty spot and a voice on a loudspeaker admonishes him, writes Stuart Field.
Victor finds it slow going
REALISING there were many more moored boats than the last time we cruised up the Shroppie we decided on a count of them coming back from Market Drayton.
Victor finds a difference...
IT WAS seven years ago when we last did the Four Counties and the Shropshire Union, but what a difference.