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Birmingham campaign for Fund Britain’s Waterways

PLANS for Fund Britain’s Waterways (FBW) Birmingham campaign are coming together well.

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Published: 16 August 2023

Elsans out of service

OVER the last three weeks or so I’ve had notifications of one after the other of Elsans being out of service, reports Brian Jarrett.

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Published: 16 August 2023

Stoppages piling-up

THE stoppages keep piling up, with four on one day last week and still coming.

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Published: 16 August 2023

Leicester lock remains unsafe

THE Canal & River Trust reveal that North Lock in Leicester on the Leicester Section is unsafe.

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Published: 16 August 2023

Over two weeks wait for cill repair

DUE to the unavailability of contractors, work on a Rochdale broken cill will not be completed until September.

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Published: 16 August 2023

It should be 234 lock 'leaves' replaced

FUTHER to Dave Irving’s article, 'It's good to know where we stand', writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 14 August 2023

Concerns over long closure of Weaver swing bridge

THERE are grave local concerns regarding the continuous closure of Sutton Swing Bridge over the Weaver.

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Published: 14 August 2023

Boats grounding in Kennet & Avon tunnel

THERE are reports of narrowboats grounding in Bruce Tunnel on the Kennet & Avon Canal.

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Published: 14 August 2023

Schoolhouse Bridge taking shape

AFTER more than six years of planning and fund-raising Schoolhouse Bridge is taking shape.

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Published: 14 August 2023

Victor discovers Anderton Lift has been operating at half cock!

BUT all being kept very quiet though it's being going on for two weeks.

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Published: 13 August 2023

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Latest

  • Dredging to start at Gloucester Docks
  • Good news on the Huddersfield Narrow
  • Little hope of LLangollen opening
  • Bosley Flight soon closed again
  • A common-sense alternative
  • Is there a leak/breach on the Oxford
  • Winter maintenance for paddles
  • Water voles cause havoc on restoration
  • Whitworth breach progress
  • Concern about lithium-ion batteries
  • Damaged tunnel to have shield inserted
  • Storms cause major disruption to the waterways
  • Lichfield & Hatherton canal restoration problems
  • Our site was not compromised
  • A back-of-a-fag-packet calculation
  • And still they come
  • Christmas days out and events on the canals
  • Victor tells we now have a 'high level leak'
  • Problems repairing Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation lock
  • Ellesmere Canal Yard secures National Lottery funding

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