THE current (now closed) 'consultation' for changes to the arrangements for accessing the Liverpool Link, which seem to have involved CaRT talking only to the IWA, are of personal interest, as we are currently working on our cruising plans for the summer, which will, we hope, include Liverpool.
- Details
IN TRUE Phoenix-like fashion, River Canal Rescue is rising from the ashes after the fire in an adjoining building gutted its premises and stock last November. (RCR staff's terrifying explosion experience.)
- Details
THE latest wildlife spend for Canal & River Trust is transforming World War II pillboxes into wildlife havens.
- Details
THE Droitwich Barge Canal is now closed to navigation owing to a 'leak' between locks 3 and 4 on the Ladywood Flight.
- Details
I WAS tempted to write a review of the last year on the inland waterways. Then looking back through my copious notes. I came to realise that I would be writing the sequel to 'War and Peace' if only in the length of the text, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.
- Details
THE Canal & River Trust is now wanting volunteers to meet boaters as they arrive at Albert or Salthouse Docks after coming down the Liverpool Link.
- Details
WOULDN'T it make more sense to employ lengthsmen/lock keepers/engineering staff on a full time basis and outsource or use volunteers for the heritage/wildlife/environmental/PR/office jobs? Asks Ralph Freeman.
- Details
THE fitting of tracking devices is a double edged sword. The first is that I would find it an intrusion into my privacy, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.
- Details
Before everybody starts getting excited about this idea [trackers in boats], which I thought was initially a tongue in cheek comment, think on about the really big project awaiting universally fitted trackers.
- Details
BOATERS using damp wood and logs in their stoves could be risking a triple whammy including increased costs, stove damage and carbon monoxide poisoning, Rob McLean of the Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) writes.
- Details