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Holes still remain

I UNDERSTAND that budgets are probably very tight within CART at the moment, but this recent 'opportunity' made me laugh, writes John Howard.

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Published: 22 February 2016

Stay put!

WITH winds now often reaching gale force, it is amazing that there are boaters cruising in such conditions, being a danger to both themselves and others.

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Published: 22 February 2016

Watch your dangly bits fellas

THERE is a possibility that the pacu fish will soon be inhabiting our waterways, that are known for taking off male swimmers genitals, with one swimmer having bled to death in New Guinea.

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Published: 22 February 2016

Three for price of two moorings

BOATERS who prefer to moor in marinas for the facilities and explore the area whilst cruising are being offered three nights moorings at a marina for the price of two.

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Published: 20 February 2016

Sunken boat in Oxford Canal

THERE is another sunken boat partly blocking the navigation, this time on the Oxford Canal.

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Published: 20 February 2016

A Green way of life?

THERE appears to be an antipathy towards liveaboard boaters in some quarters, the IWA in particular springs to mind, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 18 February 2016

Homeless shelter adopts canal mile

A MILE of the Shropshire Union Canal in Chester has been adopted by the Richmond Court Homeless Shelter.

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Published: 17 February 2016

Princess Anne to open Dudley Portal

HER Royal Highness The Princess Royal will officially open the Dudley Canal and Tunnel Trust's new visitor centre ‘The Portal' next month.

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Published: 17 February 2016

Canal Cavalcade

THE Inland Waterways Association Canal Cavalcade will be held this year during the Early May Bank Holiday, and as usual at Little Venice on the Paddington Arm.

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Published: 17 February 2016

Doubts over listed buildings in development

A NEW development scheme will see the demise of a number of Grade II listed buildings in a conservation area by the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 17 February 2016

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