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Did the 'Terrible Six'

MY WIFE and I did the 'Terrible Six' as you call the broad locks up to Stenson, writes David Parsons.

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Published: 10 July 2023

Another Rochdale Canal gate failure

IT WAS last Thursday the 6th that the Rochdale was closed again.

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Published: 10 July 2023

Anti-vandal locks need replacing

FOR many years every lock on the Erewash Canal had anti-vandal locks on its gates.

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Published: 10 July 2023

Canal & River Trust introduce a Towpath Code

Canal & River Trust has today, Monday 10th July, published its Towpath Code.

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Published: 10 July 2023

Victor waves goodbye to Sawley Marina

YES, my friends, after 25 years we have departed Sawley Marina, having seen off three—or was it four?—owners in that time.

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Published: 08 July 2023

CaRT admits no money for cleaning Elsan facilites

THE Canal & River Trust tells that it has no money for cleaning out its Elsan facility!

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Published: 08 July 2023

Swing bridges are a menace

WE MOOR our boat at Snaygill on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, writes Joe Turner.

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Published: 07 July 2023

The 'terrible six' still closed

THE six broad locks at the start of the Trent & Mersey Canal are still closed.

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Published: 07 July 2023

A need to review the anti-vandal lock policy

WITH so many instances of paddles left open it would seem time for Canal & River Trust to renew its anti-vandal lock policy.

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Published: 07 July 2023

Working on several alternative repair methods

ATTEMPTS are still being made to repair the Wood End Swing Bridge.

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Published: 07 July 2023

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Latest

  • Canal to be closed for a month
  • A new event at Banbury
  • Works not finished in time for Easter
  • Restrictions on the Rochdale Canal to save water
  • Possible boatyard for Oxford after 20 years
  • Four paddle failures already this month
  • De-wintering tips from River Canal Rescue
  • Smoke control comes into force for narrowboats in Bimingham
  • Three stoppages still ongoing
  • EA stops Bristol Floating Harbour funding
  • Braunston Customer Service Facility now closed
  • Marsworth Flight reopened
  • Stoppages on Rochdale and Tame Valley canals
  • Another paddle failure
  • Another broken paddle on the Rochdale Canal
  • Environment Agency clearing more abandoned boats off the Thames
  • Attack just off the Coventry Canal towpath
  • Another mile of the Stroudwater Canal in water
  • Ripon takes the record
  • Canal town best place to live in the North

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