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Electric on the Avon

I AM NOT sure that electric narrowboats are news, writes Roger Fox.

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Published: 29 September 2023

IWA on going electric

AN INCREASING trend these days is for local waterway societies to have their trip boats electric propelled.

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Published: 28 September 2023

The state of the towpaths

I AM ONE of the few, like obviously your goodselves, who walk my dog along the towpath whilst the boat is moving along the canal, writes John Belfry,

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Published: 28 September 2023

No motor vehicles allowed on towpaths

I WAS intrigued to read your recent article regarding motorcycles being ridden on the towpaths, writes John Howard.

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Published: 28 September 2023

Three more Leeds & Liverpool swing bridges fail

Three more swing bridges have failed over the past week on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 27 September 2023

What is an emergency?

A RECENT CaRT notice about Lock 20, Woodend Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal caused me to consider what requires emergency work rather than urgent work, writes Roger Fox.

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Published: 27 September 2023

AI in Customer Services

LIKE any new product from 'Silicon Valley' AI, (Artificial Intelligence) in the form of ChatGPT, has been announced in a blaze of publicity (hype?) that would do CaRT proud.

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Published: 27 September 2023

Canal & River Trust 2022/23 Annual Report & Accounts

THEe Canal & River Trust has published its Annual Report & Accounts for 2022/23 with the trust reporting:

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Published: 27 September 2023

Unsafe towpath on the Oxford

AN INSPECTION  has shown that a section of the of towpath on the Oxford Canal  is unsafe.

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Published: 27 September 2023

Not so 'charitable'

CONCERNING the changes proposed by CRT to the licensing structure of continuous cruisers, writes Brian D Jarrett.

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Published: 25 September 2023

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Latest

  • Bosley Flight repair to take four weeks
  • Swing Bridges now operational
  • Another leak yesterday
  • Floating market this weekend
  • Another leak on the Llangollen
  • Sykehouse Lock on the New Junction fails again
  • Large section of Leeds & Liverpool closed again
  • Basingstoke Canal closed
  • Next May until possible Anderton Boat Lift reopening
  • Cruising the Weaver on a giant cow!
  • Bosley Flight closes again
  • Canals now reopened
  • Kennet & Avon Canal likely to suffer long closure
  • Oxford Canal closed until October
  • 'Small breach' on Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
  • Trial measures to support safe navigation at Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
  • Another consultation
  • From evidence to action
  • What you missed
  • Trying to keep the boats moving

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