I must congratulate Ralph Freeman on his comment about people reporting what they, wrongly, see as mis-treatment of boaters' dogs, writes Ann Grainger.
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THE actor and boat enthusiast, David Suchet, officially opened the rebuilt headquarters of River Canal Rescue on the Staffs & Worcs Canal in Stafford.
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I'VE COME across two instances recently where boaters have been threatened or actually reported to the police for alleged 'cruelty' to their, (almost certainly) much loved, boating dogs, writes Ralph Freeman.
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ONCE again the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is closed, and again by the failure of a lock on the Barrowford Flight.
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AFTER beating cancer, Lizzie Carr took up paddle-boarding to raise awareness of the volume of plastic pollution in the country's canals and rivers—that she feels very strongly about.
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WORK has now started on a massive development at Meadow Lane Lock at the junction of the Nottingham Canal with the Trent.
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THE Macclesfield Canal was re-opened over the week-end after the affected pound was re-filled, with boats allowed to go though
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ACTING on information, police raided two narrowboats on the Thames seizing a quantity of cannabis and a weapon.
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THE local council have made the 'dangerous' structure that closed the Garrison Flight safe, so the Grand Union Canal into Birmingham is now open.
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TALKING of CaRT's somewhat selective attitude to Health and Safety we recently went up Towney lock on the Kennet & Avon and I cannot see how this ever passed a modern risk assessment.
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