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Normal service has been resumed...

NORMAL service from Canal & River Trust indeed—a Leeds & Liverpool Canal swing bridge is out of action.

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Published: 08 January 2020

Boys rescue woman and baby from canal

A GROUP of seven boys were alerted to a pram rolling into a canal followed by a mother and came to the rescue.

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Published: 08 January 2020

Stoppage map riddle solved

THE riddle of that out of date stoppage map has been solved.

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Published: 08 January 2020

Marina boaters raise money for public defibrillator

THE boaters at White Mills Marina on the Nene have raised the cash for a public defibrillator.

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Published: 08 January 2020

Planning application for Chesterfield's next two miles

THERE is the opportunity to see and comment on the Planning Application for the next restoration of the Chesterfield Canal.

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Published: 08 January 2020

Any more 'visions'?

IT WAS in 2002 that British Waterways launched its 2012 'vision':

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Published: 06 January 2020

Fifteen years later...

IT WAS 15 years ago that my wife and I gave up out narrowboat to move to Nelson in New Zealand, writes Lawrence Pearson.

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Published: 05 January 2020

That strange stoppage map

THE map showing stoppages that contributor T. Lang referred to has raised some interest.

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Published: 03 January 2020

Avon Navigation Trust appoints waterways Ombudsman to handle complaints

THE Avon Navigation Trust (ANT) has joined the Waterways Ombudsman Scheme to give its river users an independent final third level for complaints.

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Published: 02 January 2020

Map shows 25 waterway stoppages

FIDDLING around over the holiday period on the web I discovered the Open Canal Map, writes T. Lang.

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Published: 02 January 2020

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Latest

  • Middle Level Update 20th August Kelvin's2026
  • Stoppages for repairs add to the woes
  • Boaters—take care on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath
  • The water shortage
  • Two navigations reopened
  • Grounding advice from River Canal Rescue
  • Foxton and Watford flights to close
  • No increase in water levels on Leeds & Liverpool Canal
  • 50 closures plus 59 restrictions decimating the waterways
  • Leaves a lot to be desired
  • Doing it the hard way
  • Four stoppages caused by need for repairs
  • At last a bit of sense tells Victor
  • 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

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