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Tackle the Thames tideway in 2024

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January 12, 2024

BOATERS who have not previously tackled the Thames tideway will be particularly welcome on another of St Pancras Cruising Club’s regular trips on the weekend of June 28-30, 2024. This will start with a briefing session at Limehouse on the Friday evening. As well as the core voyage from Limehouse to Teddington, the optional extras…
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Brighter days ahead for Sankey-St Helens Canal

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January 11, 2024

Volunteers have responded to the threats faced by the historic Sankey-St Helens Canal by forming the Save Spike Island and Widnes Canal Restoration Group. THE newly formed restoration group has already built clay dams designed to contain salt water ingress from high tides on the Mersey into a canal bed currently low on water after…
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Volunteers get to work on offside vegetation

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January 10, 2024

IWA’s Lichfield Branch volunteers have been busy cutting back the protruding offside vegetation on the Trent & Mersey Canal. Having begun at Fradley Junction in October, they are currently working their way north to Great Haywood, and will then head down the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal. Since its inception in 2017 as a joint venture…
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Characters of the Cut: Mark Ellis Bowes – narrowboat Ellis

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January 9, 2024

Alice Elgie reports… IT WAS 2007 when Mark Ellis Bowes first had an epiphany about how to release himself from the rat race and an employer who was running him into the ground. Embarking on a first boating holiday as crew for his partner Andy’s retired parents, a seed was planted that there might be…
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Starting young…

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January 8, 2024

When it comes to volunteering Marc Kennedy is keeping it in the family, as Sally Clifford found out. MARC Kennedy has come a long way from ‘sweeping up’. Doing odd jobs around Shepley Bridge Marina kept the then seven-year-old occupied while accompanying his mum, Sue, during her voluntary skipper duties for Safe Anchor Trust, the…
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£1.2m scheme gives easier access to all

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January 6, 2024

A HALF-mile stretch of towpath and canal bank along the historic Kennet & Avon Canal at Aldermaston Wharf has been upgraded by the Canal & River Trust charity, making it easier for boats to moor and improving access for walkers, cyclists and those with wheelchairs or buggies. The £1.2 million project was funded by the…
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Wendover to Halton upgrade now open

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January 5, 2024

THE Wendover Canal Trust (WCT) has announced that work on the upgrade of the 1.7 mile (2.7km) canal towpath between Wendover and Halton is now complete. This high-specification upgrade was supervised by the Canal & River Trust and the work was carried out by its contractors Kier plc and The Rothen Group. The result is…
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Explorer Cruise: Just two places left!

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January 4, 2024

THE Birmingham Canal Navigations Society will be holding two explorer cruises next year. The May cruise is fully booked but there are just two spaces left on the one in June! Many past members have enjoyed these cruises which are an ideal way to experience travelling lesser used parts of the BCN in a good supportive group…
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Building society chairman joins canal work party

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January 3, 2024

VOLUNTEERS from Leeds Building Society swapped suits for PPE and laptops for saws and spades when they turned out in force to spend a day along the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. The group of 16, including the society’s chairman Iain Cornish, were accompanied by colleagues from Canal & River Trust who also shared their skills…
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Repairs complete at historic Ashby Canal bridge

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January 2, 2024

RESTORATION works have been completed on a historic canal bridge as part of an ongoing effort to protect and preserve the heritage of the Ashby Canal. The project, carried out by the Canal & River Trust at Wellsborough Bridge near Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, has seen extensive repairs made to historic brickwork, improving the look…
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Wilts & Berks volunteers earn top trust award

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December 30, 2023

A PRESTIGIOUS award has been presented to a team of dedicated volunteers after they contributed almost 9800 hours towards the restoration of a former waterway. The Melksham, Chippenham & Calne branch of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust has received the charity’s annual Tony Davy Award, named in memory of its former chairman. It recognises…
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Market Harborough towpath reopened

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December 29, 2023

A SECTION of historic canal towpath in Market Harborough has reopened after the Canal & River Trust completed the latest phase of improvements. These will make it easier for people to access the health and well-being benefits of spending time at the Grand Union Canal. The trust, working in partnership with Sustrans and Harborough District…
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Towpath improvements benefit walkers, cyclists and boaters

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December 28, 2023

GOVERNMENT funding has enabled towpath improvements in Loughborough, Leicestershire to make it better for walkers, cyclists and visiting boaters. Working in partnership with Loughborough Town Deal, the Canal & River Trust received an £885,000 grant towards the project to improve a popular 2km stretch of the River Soar towpath running between Moor Lane Bridge and…
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RCR breaks the mould

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December 26, 2023

RIVER Canal Rescue has won the Leading Innovation category at this year’s Breaking the Mould Awards, run by Keele University. Tutors nominated RCR director Jay Forman for the award, recognising his research and development work into hydrogen boat systems, the environmental bilge filter, Bilgeaway, and mapping, route-planning and membership app WaterNav. They were also impressed…
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