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Out comes the sunken boat

FOR many weeks there has been a sunken boat at Rickmansworth on the Grand Union Canal, with many complaining as it was taking up mooring space for the coming festival, but nothing was done, Peter Lloyd tells us.

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Published: 15 May 2014

Canal restoration conference

THE Canal & River Trust Trustee, John Dodwell, gives a summary of the first combined Inland Waterways Association and CaRT Restoration Conference, Water adds Value at Birmingham.

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Published: 15 May 2014

Email: Give the reason

You periodically publish stories about people being evicted from their boats by CaRT, and thus being made homeless.
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Published: 15 May 2014

Email: Electoral register

Perhaps you might like to put your readers right on a point Martin Howes makes. [Concerning registering for voting.]

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Published: 14 May 2014

Sorry, I'm on holiday!

THE six months saga of the unwillingness of Canal & River Trust (CaRT) to provide information regarding its asset and infrastructure failures continues (Asset and Infrastructure failures), writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 14 May 2014

Forcibly removed from his boat

HARD on the heels of the article about 'Maggie', (CaRT stole my boat. I want it back), Simon Greer tells us of yet another boater who has forcibly been removed from his boat:

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Published: 14 May 2014

Give way to towing boats

I have a fairly simple request that I hope your readers would keep in mind now the busy season is upon us—Please give way to towing vessels, asks Louise Moore, of the Roving Canal Traders Association.

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Published: 14 May 2014

BCNS Explorer Cruise—day four

DAY Four of the BCNS Explorer Cruise was from Pelsall Common to Walsall basin, writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 14 May 2014

CEO finished Triathlon

THE Chief Executive of Canal & River Trust, Richard Parry, managed to finish the Mon & Brec Canal Triathlon (Sponsor the boss) on Saturday, telling his many supporters:

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Published: 14 May 2014

Marine Equipent on the move

Cheshire Marine Equipment, formerly King's Lock Boatyard at Middlewich, has moved to Church Minshull Aqueduct Marina, David Owen-Roberts writes:

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Published: 14 May 2014

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