Bridges are Falling Down
In the past few months I’ve become increasingly aware of a phenomenon that I believe is going to cost the Canal & River Trust a lot of money. It’s not going to be a problem that’s easily solved. Canal wall erosion occurs whenever a boat moves close to a canal wall. The massive amounts of …. Read More
Five underground places just off the towpath (and one above ground)
Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker Just off the Shropshire Union, close by Nantwich but with its own mooring at French Lane just above the Hack Green pair of locks. This place will take you back to the seventies and eighties and the fear of a Soviet pre-emptive nuclear strike.It’s a bit scary here and there, …. Read More
The General Canal “Guidelines”?
The Canal & River Trust is clearly a failure as a navigation authority.
The Hertford Union Locks Problem
The Hertford Union Canal loses water. The problems boaters have when they encounter its emptied second pound have become a running joke on the London Boaters Facebook page.
But what causes this problem, and what can be done about it?