Boating has ceased to be a relaxing pleasure
THAT 50 stoppages/restrictions figure confirms to me that we made the right decision to hang up the windlass and sell our boat last month, writes Martin Cox.
Kennet & Avon closed by sunken boat
A NARROWBOAT was caught on the cill of Bradford Lock at Bradford-on-Avon and sank.
Lock repaired the same day
THE Canal & River Trust is making an effort with stoppages by repairing one the same day.
'Floating' cinema opens in June
THE only 'floating' cinema in the country opens on the Regents Canal in June.
Macclesfield Canal still closed
THE culvert failure closing the Macclesfield Canal has still not been repaired.
Why not update important safety signs too?
WE JUST completed a trip up and down the Erewash, writes Dave Irving.
Still no access to or from Chester
THE breach on the Shropshire Union Canal at Bates Mill Bridge (109) is still not repaired.
New all-electric boat for Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust
A NEW community boat was craned into the canal at Milton Keynes yesterday.
Feeding water to attempt to reopen Rochdale Canal
THE Canal & River Trust tells that it is feeding water to locks on the Rochdale in an attempt to allow navigation.
Now 50 closures or restrictions reported on the CaRT stoppages website!
THERE were 49 closures or restrictions reported on the CaRT stoppages website, but a further one yesterday makes it 50!