Dave Morrell comments that a common excuse for speeding past moored craft is "I'm only on tick-over". Unfortunately this could be true in many cases, writes Ian Reid.
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A BUILDING on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal used as a lock keeper's refuge, has been attacked by arsonists and severely damaged, with a narrowboat also damaged.
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TIME and effort put in by two volunteers working on the restoration of the Wey & Arun Canal over a number of years was singled out for praise at this year's recent Wey & Arun Canal Trust (WACT) AGM.
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THE National Association of Boat Owners (NABO) has for many years been concerned over some of the ways in which British Waterways (and latterly the Canal and River Trust (CaRT) have interpreted the Acts of Parliament that govern the canal system, Mark Tizzard writes.
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THE IWA's London Region of the Waterway Recovery Group took to the countryside of Derbyshire and the Chesterfield Canal at the end of May and the beginning of June.
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I have just read Victor's piece and I have to agree, it is getting very difficult to find moorings, writes Jenny MacGillivray.
NOW back from our travels along the waterways narrowboatworld is now back in action once again—now in its 14th year.
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THE Annual Meeting of Canal & River Trust will be held on Tuesday 8th July at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre within the new Birmingham Library complex.
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JUST read Victor's piece and I have to say that I understand what he is saying as I see it every day. I agree with it as linear moored boats, both towpath and offside, have now become a major problem, writes Keith Gudgin.
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THOUGH the Black Country was devoid of moving boats, the northern part of the Staffs & Worcs, that is part of the Four Counties Ring, certainly made up for it, with lots of boats moving, but alas mooring problems.
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