TPT January 2022

Minister for Infrastructure briefed on Waterways Ireland Climate Action Plan

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Janet Richardson

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January 25, 2022

NICHOLA Mallon MLA, Minister for Infrastructure recently met with Waterways Ireland CEO John McDonagh at the WI headquarters in Enniskillen, Lough Erne. He briefed the minister on a range of key projects including the 10-year Strategy and Waterways Ireland’s draft Climate Action Plan. The custodian of Ireland’s inland navigable waterways, WI sees climate change as…
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10 years, 6723 miles and 3406 locks later…

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Janet Richardson

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January 22, 2022

YOU have published articles in the past regarding my ambition to complete the canal network and I thought I’d bring you up to speed with my progress, writes Jon Reynolds After a very frustrating summer regarding stoppages I finally managed to get onto the Pocklington Canal to fulfil my ambition.
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First new lock in years at Lagan gateway

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Janet Richardson

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January 21, 2022

INLAND and Coastal Marina Systems (ICMS) Ltd has been involved in the Lagan Gateway Project which sees the first new lock constructed in Northern Ireland for many years. The project involved the construction of a modern 83m bridge across the River Lagan, weir construction as well as the new lock linking to the upstream navigation…
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National Waterways Museum Gloucester

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Janet Richardson

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January 18, 2022

Nicola Lisle continues her series on waterways museums with a visit to Gloucester’s magnificent docklands museum. EVEN before you enter the Gloucester Waterways Museum you are in canal heaven as you wander around the Victorian docks and absorb the atmosphere and sense of history. The museum is housed in the Grade II listed Llanthony Warehouse…
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Canal project team wins community award

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Janet Richardson

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January 15, 2022

THE Montgomery Canal Restoration Project won the Community Engagement Award at the 2021 Ground Engineering Awards Ceremony held recently in London. Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the project near Crickheath involves rebuilding a section of canal channel across very bad ground including an area that was a peat bog. The original canal channel in…
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Active Waterways Cheshire volunteers celebrate national award

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Janet Richardson

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January 14, 2022

A NATIONAL volunteering award has been presented to 27 volunteers from the Active Waterways Cheshire project by the Canal & River Trust and the Marsh Charitable Trust. The Marsh Trust Awards celebrate volunteer excellence and the amazing range of activities delivered by teams and individuals across CRT’s network in England and Wales. In the North…
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Shop staff support canal restoration project

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Janet Richardson

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January 11, 2022

A LICHFIELD shop’s staff have been helping to shape the future of the city’s canal restoration project.Workers at the Three Spires Shopping Centre branch of Seasalt Cornwall, the national women’s clothing and accessories retailer and its outlet shop at the Heart of the Country, took on the task of interviewing visitors to Lichfield & Hatherton…
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Canal restoration boosted by Borough Lands grant

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Mark Lancaster

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January 10, 2022

GRATEFUL volunteers have received a welcome boost to their efforts to restore a former waterway.The Melksham, Chippenham & Calne branch of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust has been awarded a grant of £4825 from Chippenham Borough Lands Charity. The money has been used to provide additional equipment for local work parties including an all-terrain…
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Towpath Technical Tips: Getting ready for 2022!

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Janet Richardson

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January 6, 2022

Sound advice from Ben Sutcliffe-Davies FIRSTLY happy new year to all our readers, I really can’t believe another year has gone.From my last article about winter preparation we certainly have had a variety of bad weather and before we turn the corner to spring I’m sure we will still have some more snow and gales.…
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Boating community supports Forces Vets Afloat

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Janet Richardson

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January 5, 2022

INLAND waterway businesses and boats owners are coming together to help the newly established Forces Vets Afloat Project restore a boat so it can be used and enjoyed by British forces veterans. Founder and boat owner Andy Flint set up the project in July 2021, and with the support of River Canal Rescue, Ballinger Towage…
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Puppet Theatre still afloat after 40 years

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Janet Richardson

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January 4, 2022

Nicola Lisle explores the Puppet Theatre Barge in London as it prepares to celebrate its 40th anniversary this month. AS I step aboard the Puppet Theatre Barge in Little Venice, admiring its attractive, brightly coloured exterior, it’s hard to believe that this splendid vessel was once a decaying empty hull in a London dock, seemingly…
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Hazel the Wellbeing Boat

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Janet Richardson

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January 3, 2022

Chris ‘The Boatman’ Leah explains how the Wooden Canal Boat Society (WCBS), has developed an offer which epitomises what the word really means and where Learning – one of the key Five Ways to Wellbeing – fits in. WHEN Peter and Claire Stone donated Hazel to the WCBS in 1988, we weren’t sure what to…
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Vaccine firm volunteers help with canal projects

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Janet Richardson

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December 30, 2021

STAFF from pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca in Cheshire are just a few of the dozens of volunteers working with the Canal & River Trust this winter to improve the Macclesfield Canal for both people and wildlife. More than 60 employees have so far carried out a range of outdoor tasks as part of the company’s corporate…
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Second national award for waterways volunteer

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Janet Richardson

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December 29, 2021

WEST Yorkshire volunteer Cath Munn has received a second national award for her outstanding contribution to Canal & River Trust waterways in the Yorkshire and North East region. The presentation took place at the Standedge Tunnel Visitor Centre near Marsden. Cath, 46, from Huddersfield has been recognised by CRT and the Marsh Charitable Trust for…
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