narrowboatworld

IT IS no wonder that boaters are worried about the direction in which the new Canal & River Trust will be heading if a report this week on tourism in Shropshire is to be taken as the general view about the canal system.

THE more I read about the new Canal & River Trust, CART, the more depressed I become. I wonder if it has occurred to any other narrowboatworld reader that the whole process of setting up the trust is showing horrible similarities to the creation of the EU and the Euro.

DAVID Beard pointed out in a recent email to narrowboatworld that whilst moored on the Shroppie he was passed by many boats going at speed.

IT MUST be getting towards the time when boatyards will have to take first time boaters through an actual lock when they are let loose on the canal system.