The Floater February 2017
February 2017 - Frank Sanderson looks at the efforts of a determined canal restorer and the tremendous impact he is having in the North West of England.
February 2017 - Peter Underwood looks at attacks on London boaters by a canal business and local people.
February 2017 - Peter Underwood looks at the most recent public relations campaigns by the Canal & River Trust's spin doctors and attempts to remove the spin.
February 2017 - The announcement of a shake-up of C&RT licences will open a can of worms, predicts Peter Underwood.
February 2017 - Allan Richards looks in more detail at the contradictory statements being made by the Canal & River Trust about the safety of the Bank Newton locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal – now the subject of intense scrutiny after the charity settled - out of court and at considerab
February 2017 - Peter Underwood looks at the way work and skills are contracted out by C&RT in ever bigger contracts running for much longer periods.
February 2017 - Peter Underwood looks at what makes a boater in the second of a a series of articles looking at getting afloat (Published as an e-book on Amazon 'Getting Afloat' by Peter Underwood and first published in Towpath Talk.
February 2017 - Peter Underwood looks at the latest developments in one boater's fight to improve lock safety on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
February 2017 - Peter Underwood looks at a little local spat over a major piece of reconstruction.
February 2017 - Peter Underwood recalls an expedition to the northern waters of the Lancashire Canal.
February 2017 - Allan Richards looks at the departure of C&RT's Head of Boating and the messy court case that may have a role in his exit.
February 2017 - Allan Richards and Peter Underwood have been looking at the Canal & River Trust's steady abandonment of in house skills and expertise to external contractors.
February 2017 - Peter Underwood looks at what makes a boater in the first of a a series of articles looking at getting afloat (Published as an e-book on Amazon 'Getting Afloat' by Peter Underwood and first published in Towpath Talk.
February 2017 - Peter Underwood reports on the latest plans for Paddington Basin
Anyone who hoped to see the far end of Paddington Basin – closed off for several years by a 'fan' bridge – opened up for mooring after a floating market was held there last year is to be disappointed.
February 2017 - Sue Cawson, a lifetime boater, liveaboard and owner of an historic boat, as well as a member of C&RT's Navigation Committee and a stalwart of the Historic Narrowboat Owners Club reckons she knows a thing or two about boating and argues that traditional techniques can be adapte
February 2017 - Peter Underwood has been looking at what some see as a highly autocratic approach to running the historic Bridgewater Canal
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