ALL IS becoming clear. Richard Parry has spotted, or has been informed about, what I will call the LBC, The 'Lazy Buggers Charter', that has lain at the centre of BW/CaRT's maintenance procedures for many years, writes Ralph Freeman.
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ON A visit to Bristol recently it was a pleasure to see so much activity in the floating harbour, mostly ferries and trip boats. writes Alan Tilbury.
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RECENTLY paid for our boat licence and noticed the slogan after the title Canal & River Trust on its letter heading.
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THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) has come under renewed criticism following the narrowboatworld article showing that its Waterways Ombudsman scheme is a sham (Waterways Ombudsman Committee scrapped), writes Allan Richards.
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THOUGH cyclists do not tend to get good publicity in narrowboatworld, a group of them using the Trent & Mersey Canal towpath have just raised £2,480, making a total of £15,000 for the Leighton Hospital Prostate Cancer Support Group.
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IT ALL started with a chance remark from an old boater in his seventies: "I miss those paddles on the Montgomery canal called Dingy Dawdle, is there somewhere else we can go?" Writes Barry Witts.
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WHEN we purchased 'Rosie' we collected her from Torksey. Our first trip was along the Trent to Keadby. We had walked around the lock and moorings at Torksey to familiarise ourself with the layout, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.
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ONCE again the RSPCA is warning anglers to be careful with their litter after a duck was found with hooks in its beak and wing.
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During 2013 it is reported that 15 people lost their lives drowning in the Thames with 12 of them involving alcohol.
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