THOUGH literally hundreds of people objected against marina plans for Wrenbury on the Llangollen Canal, permission has been granted.
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AS MORE and more marinas are accommodating more and more residential boaters, it is creating ill-feeling with those boaters who originally chose a marina for its privacy, that is becoming spoilt by the numbers of liveaboards and their noise, with Nial Morrison writing:
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A WEB page has been set up for the boater whose narrowboat was deliberately fired, to help him secure another home.
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THE Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire, the Queen's representative in the county, descended the top locks of the Caen Hill Flight in a narrowboat last Friday in a re-enactment of the re-opening of the Kennet & Avon Canal by the Queen on 8th August 1990.
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BEING a Droitwich lad, I was pretty excited upon the completion of the canal restoration and looked forward to cruising it in my own boat. I am however more than a little disappointed by the experience, and it transpires that I'm not the only one, writes Gareth Haines.
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WITH Canal & River Trust (CaRT) now known to have misled the public with exaggerated claims regarding the number of ‘Friends' it has (Not so many ‘Friends'), perhaps it's time to have a long hard look at the voluntary income stream and see how well it is doing, writes Allan Richards.
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THERE are times when I find it interesting to imagine what would transpire if things happened the other way around in this world, i.e. the boot was on the other foot as we say. The results are often very telling, writes Ralph Freeman.
THE week-end Slough Festival will this year include the Basil and Crew Mobile Farm amongst its attractions in addition to the waterway events.
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THE public is less satisfied with Canal & River Trust than they were a year ago, despite claims regarding 'a year of success', writes Allan Richards.
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IN MY travels around the BCN this 'summer', I have noticed the number of moored boats on bollards and rings but not sharing a ring for no obvious reason, writes Kevin McNiff.
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