FUND raising for the restoration of the Wey & Arun Canal, which runs through Surrey and Sussex, will get a boost this month by the sale of its 2015 calendar, writes Sally Schupke.
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HAVING recently commented on the apparent intransigence of CaRT in respect of court action taken in respect of Tony Dunkley's narrowboat Halcyon Daze and also in the case of his commercial boat then deemed by CaRT enforcement to be 'illegally moored', I finally have some good news to report, writes Pam Pickett.
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THE EEC/UK government issue the' emission standards and conditions of test' [New emission standards for non-road engines] writes Andy Hamilton.
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TO REDRESS the negative comments a bit, referring to volunteers on the waterways, writes Chris Love.
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A FEW days ago Eckington School, close to the Chesterfield Canal, had a boat naming ceremony, where its Head Teacher Patrick Cummings, officially named the school boat Madeline.
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I FEEL that the time is right for me to drag out my soap-box and give vent to my anguish over a couple of items that appeared in Monday's narrowboatworld, writes Orph Mable.
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THE pernicious alien plant Crassula Helmsi has been discovered growing in the exposed mud area of two Grand Union Canal feed reservoirs.
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THE Canal and River Trust (CaRT) apology to Tony Dunkley is not enough (The law of unexpected consequence), writes Allan Richards.
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NOT really the official opening, but the new Lock House Coffee Kiosk at the old Sawley Lock cottage opens for business this morning, Wednesday.
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SOMETIMES it is very easy to assume that all the news involving boats and waterways is everything other than the preferred image of the lazy, hazy days of summer that first attracted people like us to a life afloat, writes Eric Weiss.
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