Wednesday 30 April

Today's news from the web

Cricklade Country Way Still On Track wiltsglosstandard.co.uk

An AMBITIOUS plan to reopen a canal, railway line and cycle path and create a country park between Cricklade and Swindon is still on track. ...
Ambitious Scheme To Replace Canalside Eyesore thisischeshire.co.uk

An award-winning company wants to demolish run-down factory premises by the Bridgewater Canal and replace it with an ambitious mixed use scheme that would include 194 flats and maisonettes. ...
Canal festival to be Wet Wet Wet? clydebankpost.co.uk

Ambitious plans for a Forth & Clyde Canal festival are under way and Clydebank’s own Wet Wet Wet are top of the list for potential headliners. ...

Boost for Lancaster Canal towpath garstangcourier.co.uk

Work has begun on a £100,000 spruce-up of the canal towpath at Garstang. The move follows British Waterways' decision to earmark Garstang as a special 2008 visitor destination. ...

HBS legging Standedge Tunnel waterscape.com

The Horseboating Society (HBS) will be re-enacting the historic practice of 'legging' Standedge Tunnel at a special celebration event on Sunday 4 May. ...
New marina opens on G&S thisisgloucestershire.co.uk

A flotilla of boats chugged gently into five acres of new water at the official VIP launch of Gloucestershire's latest marina....
Opinion Split Over Towpath Improvements thisischeshire.co.uk

Locals have branded a £185,000 project to overhaul the canal towpath a waste of money'. Some residents have said Middlewich Vision's plan to rebuild 1.5km of the Middlewich canal towpath should be a job for British Waterways. ...
Sweet sounds of charity cruise newburytoday.co.uk

Barber-shop group 7-in-a-Bar's charity cruise along the canal this week entertained fellow boat users and diners at local pubs. ...

Parkinson's Disease sufferer Tom Isaacs takes 130-mile walk in his stride liverpoolecho.co.uk

To walk the length of the Leeds to Liverpool canal is a remarkable feat for anyone – but for Parkinson’s disease sufferer Tom Isaacs, it was a triumph. ...
Boats arrive for big festival date icloughborough.icnetwork.co.uk

Boats will start arriving in Loughborough next week for one of the biggest dates in the town’s diary. ...

BW stops Loughborough Wharf development? icloughborough.icnetwork.co.uk

Land designated for luxury apartments on the Loughborough Wharf development has been put up for sale. ...
Canal pub up for sale iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk

A VILLAGE pub damaged by fire last year is to be sold by public auction next month. ...
Stylish Swan Makes Spantastic Crossing eveningtimes.co.uk

A FUTURISTIC swan' bridge canopy over the Forth and Clyde Canal at Clydebank has been lowered into place. ...

Lockkeepers To Lose Homes oxfordmail.net

Eight Oxfordshire lock-keepers and their families will be forced to find new homes after the Environment Agency announced it plans to sell off or rent out their properties. ...
New look Cafe at Caen Hill waterscape.com

The grand re-opening of the Caen Hill Cafe will take place on 25th March, in good time for the Easter weekend. ...
Section 8 boats removed from the River Lee waterscape.com

British Waterways’ enforcement team removed and destroyed five unlicensed boats at Enfield on the River Lee Navigation and one narrowboat at Bow on the Limehouse Cut, yesterday, following months of work to secure their seizure under Section 8 of the Waterways Act. ...

New advisory note for boat owners waterscape.com

In response to an increase in enquiries from private boat owners interested in offering their craft for hire, British Waterways has published an advisory note to licence holders covering considerations such as safety and public liability, as well as setting out additional regulations that hire boat operators are required to comply with. ...
British Waterways creates Waterway Standards Advisory Panel waterscape.com

Following the introduction of a measurable set of customer service and safety standards at the start of April, British Waterways (BW) is drawing up proposals for a panel of trade, consumer and BW representatives to help monitor and further develop its standards in the future. ...
More British Waterways workboats to go under the hammer waterscape.com

British Waterways (BW) has been auctioning off a number of ‘redundant’ workboats to new homes, as part of the phased introduction of new ‘modular’ workboats. ...
BW moorings tender trial waterscape.com

Formal consultation on the British Waterways (BW) moorings tender trial is to begin in the second half of May, and will cover a range of options for allocating vacancies and for re-pricing moorings on renewal of the contract. ...

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