TPT May 2023

It’s a bit odd…

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May 25, 2023

Jonathan Mosse’s monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways. “WHAT we do is a bit odd” – so goes the summing up of Wood Hall & Heward’s (WHH) commercial manager when pressed to describe the scope of his firm’s activities. First the easy bit: WHH Barges is a specialist in floating plant hire,…
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Volunteers clear Firepool Lock gates ready for River Tone visitors

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May 18, 2023

BRIDGWATER and Taunton volunteers recently worked at Firepool Lock to help get the gates to open correctly as there was a problem getting them to open to sufficient width to get a boat through. They will need to return in the coming weeks to reopen the channel through from the canal to the River Tone.…
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Regeneration plans for historic Welshpool wharf

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Phil Pickin

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May 13, 2023

OVER recent months Powys County Council’s successful bid for Levelling Up funds has, at times, proved to be somewhat controversial. This controversy hasn’t been a reaction to the council’s proposals for the Montgomery Canal but more the reaction by a number of local organisations to these proposals. Towpath Talk readers have also voiced their opinions…
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Flotilla recreates historic journey

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May 11, 2023

An important milestone was marked on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal on Easter Saturday. Sally Clifford went along. THE gathering crowd for the departure of the heritage boat Kennet symbolised the significance of the occasion. Leading the flotilla of 12 boats – piloted by members of Craven Cruising Club and Airedale Boat Club – out…
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Seeing red at historic Camden landmark

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May 9, 2023

THE Canal & River Trust has completed a £533,000 10-week project to repair the Grade II Listed Interchange Basin Towpath Bridge on the Regent’s Canal in Camden and has repainted the bridge Indian Red. Built in 1846, the historic bridge, known locally as ‘Dead Dog Bridge’, is an important local landmark carrying the Regent’s Canal…
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Applying for energy payments in Buckinghamshire

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May 2, 2023

LIVEABOARD boaters in the Buckinghamshire Council area have until May 31 to apply for a £400 non-repayable energy payment through the Energy Bills Support Scheme. Residents on the following moorings can apply: Aylesbury; Soulbury Three Locks (Leisure); Marsworth (Towpath); Cooks Wharf (Pitstone); Seabrook Lock Leisure (Cheddington); Circus Field Basin (Aylesbury); College Road (Aston Clinton); Marlow…
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Canal volunteers improve popular path to Lacock

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May 1, 2023

A COUNTRYSIDE walk between Chippenham and Lacock has been made much easier following repairs to a former towpath. The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust has already restored a significant stretch of the waterway from Pewsham Locks to Double Bridge, making it a popular spot for walkers, runners and cyclists. However, the public right of way…
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Funding secured for next phase of ecology park

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Mark Lancaster

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April 27, 2023

LICHFIELD and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust has secured a £250,000 grant from Biffa Award for the next phase of its Darnford Moors Ecology Park project. It will restore the canal channel from Darnford Lane to the lift-bridge, providing habitat improvements with wetland margins and hedgerow corridors. LHCRT chairman Carole Mills said: “This is excellent news…
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