TPT February 2025

CANALS: at the heart of UK climate action

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February 26, 2025

A NEW report produced by the Canal & River Trust aims to show how vital the UK’s waterway network can be as the Government tries to tackle climate change. The 30-page Climate Adaptation Report spells out how important canals and waterways are and how they can be part of action against problems such as storms,…
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CRUISE MOOR: More join

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February 25, 2025

THERE are now six marinas which form the Cruise Moor partnership, allowing members discounts and other offers at bases across the Midlands and North West. The scheme was launched in December 2023 by five independent family-run marinas, allowing members a year’s mooring at any of the participating centres plus a discounted stay at one of…
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HANNAH’S HOPE hits £170K!

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February 24, 2025

CANCER battler Hannah Roberts has taken another major step towards buying a waterside lodge for other young people hit by the disease. Hannah, who was given 14 months to live in 2022, has already raised £170,000 towards a target of £203,000 to provide the lodge at Mercia Marina in Derbyshire. Hannah, 21, wants to create…
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BOAT SALES BUOYANT as buyers seek solace on the water

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February 22, 2025

ONE of the UK’s largest boat brokers says more boats are being sold and at a faster rate. As the cost of living soars, more and more people are looking at narrowboats as a viable alternative to a house – pushing demand for certain types of vessels. And buyers looking for a holiday boat are…
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ELEKTRIKA: Ticket reservation now live

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February 21, 2025

FOLLOWING the success of last year’s first-ever boat show dedicated to electric narrowboats, Electrika 2025 will again take place at Brinklow Waterside and Marina (near Rugby), on July 11/12. There will be 10 boats on show, plus many more visiting electric narrowboats dotted around the marina for the duration of the event. The goal is…
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LOW TURNOUT for online Disabled Boater Forum

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February 20, 2025

Phil Pickin reports… THE low number of attendees to the Disabled Boater and National Boater Forums was just one of the questions raised during the recent disabled boaters’ Teams meeting. Alongside the issue of the number of those taking part in the meeting was the ongoing evaluation of the accessible mooring bollard prototype. This prototype…
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BOAT LICENSING to change forever?

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February 19, 2025

AN INDEPENDENT review of boat licensing has been launched by the Canal & River Trust as it looks to futureproof the way it charges waterway users. A new commission, led by a lawyer, narrowboat resident and former civil servant, will start work this month and conclude in September. It will look at whether boat licensing…
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THE WEST is silent

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February 18, 2025

Tim Coghlan looks at the remarkable life of Timothy West CBE both on stage and on the water – ‘a man who in his time played many parts’. TIMOTHY West, who died in November last year, was born in Bradford in 1934 into an acting family and spent his wartime boyhood in the Bristol Blitz. He later…
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DUBLIN’S GRAND CANAL: Exciting new chapter

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February 17, 2025

Alison Alderton looks at a new partnership which will upgrade and enhance a popular section of the Grand Canal in Dublin. WATERWAYS Ireland (WI) and IPUT Real Estate Dublin have announced a public-private partnership to upgrade the public realm along Dublin’s Grand Canal between Leeson and Baggot Street bridges on the northern towpath along Wilton…
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BEHIND THE SCENES at Leeds River Lock 1

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February 15, 2025

The Canal & River Trust’s winter maintenance programme is imperative to the upkeep of Britain’s canal network. Sally Clifford gets a glimpse behind the scenes at one of the charity’s repair and restoration projects. STEPPING down into a drained lock is a rare opportunity and certainly, a sight to behold. Concealed beneath the natural flow…
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MARKET HARBOROUGH 75

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February 14, 2025

IWA’s Leicestershire Branch, in partnership with the Canal & River Trust, The Old Union Canal Society, Harborough District Council & Foxton Museum, is holding a waterways festival at Foxton on June 7/8. The event will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the 1950 IWA Festival of Boats and Arts held in Market Harborough. There will be…
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WATERWAYS FREIGHT: New year, new mindset?

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February 12, 2025

It is estimated that road congestion will cost British business £18 million in 2025, the semi-stationary traffic further exacerbating pollution in urban areas. Jonathan Mosse takes a look at freight development on the inland waterways. IT WOULD be good to use the opportunity that a new year presents to distil signs of positive trends towards…
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CONNECTING culture and communities

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February 11, 2025

THE WORLD-FAMOUS Pontcysyllte Aqueduct UNESCO World Heritage Site was celebrated at a festival of art, performance and culture. The site, which featured in the Christmas release of the latest Wallace & Gromit film, Vengeance Most Fowl, was the focus of a special event which formed part a year-long community art placemaking project, the Bridge that…
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ROLLING STONE back on the canal

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February 10, 2025

ROCK legend Ronnie Wood has gone back to his family roots, buying a canal boat on London’s Regent’s Canal. The 77-year-old member of the Rolling Stones came from a line of travelling barge people. His parents had boats moored on the Regent’s Canal. Wood can trace his Romany family roots on the water back to…
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