31st July 2019
Clean Maritime Plan: Are diesel’s days numbered?
The diesel engine could be on the way out for canal boaters if the Government carries its recently launched plan through to its conclusion
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Martin Ludgate
Our Deputy ed is a guru on all things to do with canals.
9th July 2019
Restoration on the Cromford Canal
An East Midlands canal restoration scheme looks set to take an important step forward, with plans to reopen a short length connected to the national navigable network
21st June 2019
Canal cruise guide to the Stourport Ring (part 1)
Two narrow canals, one broad canal and one river make up the first part of this varied Midlands circuit, as we cruise from Hanbury via Droitwich and Stourport to Stourton.
4th January 2019
Cruise guide: River Great Ouse
The Great Ouse systsem combines an attractive upper river navigation; a typical straight, wide Fenland waterway; and a whole series of tributaries, all with their own character
30th October 2018
Amphicar stars at Wey & Arun Canal’s Thriscutt Slipway opening
A 1960s amphibious car and numerous canoes and kayaks and other small craft took to the water to mark the opening of the slipway
7th September 2018
CRT warns on ‘crazy’ aqueduct risks
Concerned at those taking risks crossing the Pontcysyllte on the Llangollen Canal, the Canal & River Trust has launched a campaign to encourage people to cross safely
27th July 2018
Restoration: Kent’s Dartford and Crayford Navigation
Many waterways take decades to restore, but here’s one which could be completed much more quickly. We look at a new scheme to revive north Kent’s Dartford & Crayford Navigation
27th June 2018
Cruise guide: Regent’s Canal and East London Waterways
From Little Venice we follow London’s canal past the crowds at Camden Lock and through the less well-known lengths further east to reach Limehouse, the Olympic Park, and London’s newest waterway ring
19th June 2018
Anchor and Hope: new film set on London’s canals
A new romantic comedy set on London’s canals is coming out in July
5th June 2018
The £23m Cotswold Canals restoration programme
All being well, boats will be cruising the first ten miles of the Cotswold Canals in the not too distant future. We look at the background to the £23m restoration programme, and the work to…
10th May 2018
Middlewich breach ‘caused by lock paddles left up’, says CRT
The Canal & River Trust has said lock paddles left raised were cause of the embankment collapse that shut part of the Shropshire Union Canal just outside Middlewich
