News
Oil spill threatens canal festival
3 September 2010
THE Regent's Canal in the Maida Vale area of London was closed yesterday (Thursday 2 September) following an oil leak near the Maida Hill Tunnel.
Boating couple's narrow escape
3 September 2010
A couple had a narrow escape when their boat suddenly sank on a deep stretch of the River Severn shortly after leaving Gloucester Dock, writes Bob Clarke.
Saturn Arrives on the Montgomery Canal for Maesbury Festival
3 September 2010
SATURN, the last horse-drawn Shropshire Union Canal Fly-boat in the world, has arrived on the Montgomery Canal to be one of the main exhibits at the Maesbury Canal Festival taking place this weekend 4-5 September.
Other News
- Art and culture at Dewsbury canal
- BW Water Watch - August report
- Burton-upon-Trent to host 2011 Festival
- Home movies sought by programme maker
- Winning ways
- Online auction of British Waterways workboats
- Recent rainfall not enough to prevent Leeds & Liverpool canal closure
- Waterways Ombudsman reports increase in complaints but still less than previous peak
- Supporting Swim for Heroes
- Families urged to go 'quackers' at Aqueducks fun day
Competitions
WIN The Black Thread By Margaret Muir
CLOSING DATE: Thursday, 23rd September 2010
For the first in our new monthly competitions to win one of the books from the Towpath Talk bookshelf, we have chosen a novel set on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal which has been in the news due to the stoppages caused by the summer drought...
Win Jabbakam products and services worth £1000
CLOSING DATE: Wednesday, 15th September 2010
We've teamed up with Jabbakam to offer the readers of Towpath Talk the opportunity to win product and services up to the value of £1000.
Features
Boaters urged to be aware of water levels
23 August 2010
WHERE water levels are low, insurers Navigators & General and River Canal Rescue are urging caution due to the increased risk of groundings and associated damage, one of N&G’s most common claims.
Towpath Walk: Avon gorge and aqueducts
19 August 2010
A walk along the Kennet & Avon Canal - Highlights from Phillippa Greenwood and Martine O’Callaghan’s towpath walk from Cornwall to Scotland.
Current Issue: August 2010
• Recent rainfall not enough to prevent Leeds & Liverpool canal closure
• Sail of the century: On the Broads with Albion.
• News focus: On volunteering
• New narrowboat launch
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