2nd January 2018
Middle Level licences on the way
Despite a delay, the parliamentary process to introduce boat licences on the Middle Level Navigations is back on track
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Martin Ludgate
Our Deputy ed is a guru on all things to do with canals.
2nd January 2018
‘Principal Inspection’ at Llangollen Canal’s Chirk Tunnel
The Llangollen Canal’s Chirk Tunnel is inspected every three years
5th December 2017
Restoration: Pocklington Canal progress
East Yorkshire’s Pocklington Canal restoration has been rather a ‘stop / go’ project over the years. But now things are finally coming together, with a reopening in prospect
1st November 2017
Derby Canal restoration: putting plans into practice
There are some impressive plans for restoring the Derby Canal - including a remarkable boat lift - but now, the Canal Trust believes it’s on the point of turning them into physical progress
1st November 2017
Cruise Guide: Peak Forest and Ashton canals
One end is in rural Derbyshire, the other in the heart of Manchester, but both canals form a vital link in the Cheshire Ring - and some attractive cruising too
12th October 2017
Cruise Guide: The Macclesfield Canal
With the Cheshire Plain on one side and the Peak District hills on the other, the Macclesfield provides glorious views, splendid old mills, and a rhyme about a bear...
3rd October 2017
Great Canal Walk: Bound for Braunston
Following another successful Braunston Historic Narrowboat Rally this summer, we’ve put together a walk with a choice of distances, all of which take in this village at the heart of the canal system
3rd October 2017
Restoration: saving a historic lock in East Anglia
A group based in East Anglia faced a race against time to save a historic lock from collapsing – and this summer, volunteers working there found themselves struggling against the tide too...
7th September 2017
Restoration: Unlocking the Swansea
The author spends a week as a volunteer on the Swansea Canal, and finds out first-hand what the prospects are for opening up navigation in this part of South Wales
24th August 2017
August bank holiday weekend canal boating events 2017
With the August Bank Holiday approaching and (touch wood!) the current weather forecast suggesting that there might at least be a few sunny intervals over the weekend, here are a selection of waterways events that…
1st August 2017
Restoration: Destination Daventry
Strictly speaking it isn’t a restoration, it’s a revival of an old idea. Could new housing developments and regeneration plans finally bring a canal to Daventry after two centuries?
