narrowboatworld

FINALLY Reaching Bedford, I have to say that the standard of maintenance on the Environment Agency waterways we have encountered is far higher than that which currently marks out British Waterways.

BOATER, and now cartoonist to narrowboatworld, Jim Tingle, met up with our Tony Haynes on the Chesterfield Canal, and after a chat, found we have a much needed cartoonist.

EVENTUALLY getting a cycling safety leaflet from Sustrans, boater Kathryn Dodington was amazed to find there was no reference whatsoever concerning cycling on towpaths.

BOATER Graham Phillips just managed to get his boat into the last space at Braunston one day last week at 2pm, yet by 5pm he tells us it was completely deserted!

BRITISH Waterways have confirmed that it is taking the opportunity of the closed Leeds & Liverpool Canal to bring forward its scheduled winter work.

MOST of us realise that British Waterways is going flat-out to convert towpaths to cycle tracks, but of course those cyclists must be given somewhere to secure their bikes.

IT WOULD  seem to me BW have not thought through the implications of opening up the towpaths for use by the general public, including of course cyclists, writes Ralph Freeman.

THE MP for Skipton, Julian Smith, is concerned at the closure of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and its effect on businesses.

REGARDED by many as the Heart of the Waterways, Braunston is well on the way to becoming a no-go area for boaters, due to the activities of criminals.

IT IS a common misconception that government rules under which BW operate prevent it from borrowing money, writes Allan Richards.

ONE OF the most pleasant experiences to be had in pubs is not necessarily finding a well kept real ale. It is meeting real characters, writes Tony Haynes.

A LEAKING canal is causing thousands of gallons of water to pour from a hole in a main road in Blackburn.