PLANNING permission has been submitted for a new marina on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Burnley.
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I STARTED from Llangollen where the horse drawn trip boats were plying up and down to the horseshoe falls leaving plenty of manure on the tow path for the rose gardeners, writes Alan Tilbury.
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THE disclosure by Victor that British Waterways Marinas Ltd are pushing for more residential moorings has been confirmed with the announcement that 130 new residential berths have been secured.
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WE HAVE today come up the Aire & Calder from Ferrybridge to Stanley Ferry. This route took us through Woodnook Lock, writes Mike Todd.
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THERE is a call by the recently formed Big Bike Revival for groups of cyclists to get on their bikes and use such as the canal towpaths.
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MONEY from the Heritage Lottery Fund has secured initial funding for the repair of Stainton Aqueduct on the Lancaster Canal that was damaged by floods.
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I well remember the 'count' of kingfishers organised by Canal & River Trust and having quite a few conversations at the café at Stenson where I once moored, (not at the café but the marina!) so it's butterflies now, writes Morgan Stills.
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Never mind counting butterflies, How about counting how many miles of untrimmed canal edge on the towpath side there are, shedding weed into the water, clogging props, and nowhere to stop to clear them, with your engine stopped of course, due to the vegetation?
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THE Canal & River Trust is urging people to count wildlife again by its canals and rivers, this time to tell the number of Comma butterflies that are seen.
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A NEW residential development by the side of the Thames in Bray will include a Roux restaurant alongside their three star Michelin restaurant in the town.
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