SHOWING that it is very much alive and kicking after its devastating fire, River Canal Rescue has announced dates for its 2015 boat and engine maintenance courses.
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BOATERS who cruise through Walsall on the Birmingham Canal Navigations, will know of the waterside cinema, but it will soon be even closer, as the complex is to be extended.
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I SPENT Saturday morning, in the rain, touring CaRT's open day at Napton Locks. It has two jobs on there, replacing the top gate and the bottom cill of the bottom lock and fixing the major problem which arose at lock 10 back in the Spring.
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THE Dudley Canal Trust is to stage the festive treat of Christmas Choral trips around the caverns and limestone mines, that are guaranteed to inspire the seasonal spirit.
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WE ARE pleased to be able to announce that Canal & River Trust has appointed its first ever welfare officer to 'support vulnerable boaters who, due to any number of factors, may be finding it harder to cope with life afloat'.
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DESPITE the fire that destroyed its premises and its machinery and stock, River Canal Rescue (RCR) is still in business and attending to its customers who find themselves in difficulty and need its services.
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I am afraid I do not agree with you correspondents who are concerned by what they call the unsafe towpaths, as in 13 years of boating the only problem on the towpaths that we have had was happy drunks at the Three Soulbury locks.
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As a rather well built fella, I'm not too worried about being attacked on the towpaths, though I can well understand the lady who wrote now being so in built-up areas after the vicious attack on the woman on the towpath at the top of Farmer's Bridge Flight in Birmingham, especially as she had a child with her.
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THE Waterway Recovery Group held its 40th Anniversary Big Bonfire Bash Reunion on the Chesterfield Canal from 7th to 9th November, involving over 100 volunteers from all over the country.
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I REALISE that to impress the government Canal & River Trust have to make out that there are millions of people using the canal towpaths, as it of course makes it look as though the canals are loved by everyone, and so helps to impress the government to give it money, writes Yvonne Towers.
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