THE the comments by David Dare in the Daily Telegraph feature on the state of the waterways, where he states the canals are in good condition, have brought responses from boaters using the waterways.
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A MAN'S body has been recovered from Braunston Marina at the junction of the Grand Union and Oxford canals.
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ARSON is suspected as the cause of a narrowboat fire at Longport on the Trent & Mersey Canal.
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SO MUCH debris has been washed downstream on the Severn that Worcester Bridge is choked.
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WITH the forecast that the jet stream that is causing so much flooding will be moving North, there is hope that boaters trapped by the Trent will be free to move.
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THERE will be no annual count of the swans on the Thames that passes through Oxfordshire this year, owing to the state of the river.
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THE Boat Safety Scheme committees have reviewed the BSS checks for private boats, and made some proposals for amendments.
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I passed through Henhurst Lock last week, and with the bottom gates of the lock opened and closed by a windlass operated gear and quadrant, leaves plenty of room between the gates and the road bridge for a plank bridge.
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THE early days of canals will be celebrated at the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port with the Horses At Work.
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DURING last year the then British Waterways took it upon itself to ban swimming from Sparth Reservoir near Marsden on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.
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