Here's some more economics—if the poor marina owner can't make it pay then how about this course of action, suggests Martin Brooks.
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PLANNING permission has been given for a massive development around Icknield Port Loop on the Birmingham Canal Navigations.
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THE resignation of Robin Evans as Chief Executive of Canal & River Trust just four months after it came into being demonstrates his lack of commitment to the new Trust, writes Allan Richards.
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THE 240 years old Dowley Gap Aqueduct on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal near Bingley is to host its first ever public open day on Sunday 27th January.
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A SMALL dingy that was used to rescue boaters from their boats stranded in the floods on the Thames has been stolen.
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Following the publication of 'Should have more sense', it is worth pointing out that the boater must have travelled against advice, as there is a picture of the boat (Daily Telegraph of Monday 7th) in a lock, needless to say, with at least one rope in the water.
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I am unhappy with the adverse implication in the use of the term 'spy' to refer to people who send information to CaRT regarding boats that abuse their rights in using the canal system—or indeed any other illegal act.
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THE MEMORANDUM of understanding between the Canal & River Trust and Inland Waterways Association has been labelled by some as a 'marriage of convenience', writes Allan Richards.
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I AM NOT sure whether it's what I write that has upset a few in Ivory Towers, or the photographs I take of things that need fixing, writes Ralph Freeman.
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A VERY expensive 'gin palace' owner decided to take his new boat on the flooding Thames—but didn't get very far.
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