Victor reckons we will not make it!
THIS is the fourth time we have ventured up the Ashby, but not always making it to the end.
Victor finds the Coventry slow going
IT'S a few years since we last did the Coventry Canal, way before the virus in fact.
Victor finds the 'Six' being avoided
THE start of our cruise meant tackling the 'Terible Six' broad locks at the start of the Trent & Mersey.
Victor reckons swing bridges need sorting
SOMETHING really must be done about the ever failing swing bridges on the system.
It is hard to believe
IT IS indeed hard to believe that there were 29 stoppages on the waterways in one month, writes T. Lang.
Rochdale stoppage could be a long job
DEPENDING on contractors these days, the stoppage on the Rochdale could be a long job.
549 days lost to stoppages in April
ON MONDAY, narrowboatworld revealed that C&RT had posted 29 stoppages in April. Now Allan Richards provides more stoppage information for April stoppages taken from the Trust's database:
Now you see it—now you don't!
AMONGST the various banners at Canal Cavalcade in Little Venice, over the May Bank Holiday weekend, was one from the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) pushing for improved boater facilities, writes Jonathan Mosse.
Aqueduct Marina builds green credentials with Bilgeaway
AQUEDUCT Marina, based on the Shropshire Union Canal near Nantwich, is encouraging customers to install River Canal Rescue Bilgeaway filter on their narrowboats.
John Coxon tells it like it is!
THIRTY closures in the first month of the boating season?