I don't know why Frank Hurst should be surprised by CaRT's classification of another company's waterway as 'too daunting', does he not realise that CaRT's sole function is now to possibly supervise the decline and ultimate extinction of our inland waterway system?
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THE stretches of empty Canal & River Trust winter moorings this year show that boaters are realising the advantages of marina moorings.
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THOUGH the former British Waterways disbanded its freight section, due to both lack of interest and dredging problems, Canal & River Trust has resurrected it with the formation of a Freight Advisory group.
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THE outspoken magazine Private Eye has taken up narrowboatworld's disclosure of Canal & River Trust's harassment of people who dare to complain of its suspect activities.
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THERE is no doubt that the idea of allowing the public to inspect locks whilst they are being repaired, is a good one, creating a deal of interest in the waterways.
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WITH continuous mooring looking more like a hanging offence than an issue of leisure boating I think the answer to the problem is simple. Stop treating it as a Section 8 issue and instead treat it as a parking offence, writes Graham Phillips.
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A MAN was discovered drowned in the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Blackburn earlier this week, Alan Tilbury tells us.
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THE latest scheme from Canal & River Trust is a canal towpath history trail, installed over two miles of the Kennet & Avon Canal in Bath.
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THE whole ethos of Facebook is that people can air their grievances, with always of course the right of reply, but not so with Canal & River Trust.
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THE Inland Waterways Association demand that Canal & River Trust should take action against 'continuous moorers' is hypocritical, writes Allan Richards.
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