Taster sesions on the waterways
ONCE again Anglo Welsh offers its annual canal boat holiday taster sessions on the inland waterways.
Wrong waterway!
I HAVE just read an article on the Leicester Mercury website about a proposed improvement to the towpath of the 'River Soar' through Loughborough, writes P Robinson.
Wrecked passenger boat gets new lease of life
A 100 YEARS old passenger boat found wrecked on the south coast has a new lease of life on the Avon in Stratford, Roger Fox reports.
Canal & River Trust? More like Canal & River Bust tells Victor!
I HAVE just learned from our Keith Gudgin that the waterways suffered five 'Navigation: Closed' in a single day, surely now well earning the title of Canal & River Bust!
Victor reckons we will not make it!
THIS is the fourth time we have ventured up the Ashby, but not always making it to the end.
Victor finds the Coventry slow going
IT'S a few years since we last did the Coventry Canal, way before the virus in fact.
Victor finds the 'Six' being avoided
THE start of our cruise meant tackling the 'Terible Six' broad locks at the start of the Trent & Mersey.
Victor reckons swing bridges need sorting
SOMETHING really must be done about the ever failing swing bridges on the system.
It is hard to believe
IT IS indeed hard to believe that there were 29 stoppages on the waterways in one month, writes T. Lang.
Rochdale stoppage could be a long job
DEPENDING on contractors these days, the stoppage on the Rochdale could be a long job.