When I first came to live in Ashford, I didn’t give a whole lot of thought to the name of the town
Time to research Stuart’s guide to our resurgent canals
For those of us who love messing about on boats, we normally have favourite stretches of waterway where we love to spend time.
Well we can all dream, can’t we?
Please accept my apologies – I know I’ve said this before but I do so love the start of a new year because it means that the London Boat Show is upon us – and it’s one of my favourite events of the year.
No easy fix in screw plans
I hope you all add a splendid Christmas and New Year break and here we are now in 2013 with (hopefully) a delightful spring and summer of boating and enjoying the river to look forward to.
Watt on earth are they thinking?
Way back in June of this year, I first wrote about plans to install electricity generators at Sunbury Weir and I have to admit that I was rather hoping that the proposal had sunk without trace. Obviously not so.
Please don’t leave us hung out to dry
Flood diversion work is already under way but will sufficient funds be allocated for 20-year project?
Secrets of gates’ long life revealed
One of the true joys of writing this column is meeting so many lovely people who have great tales to tell about their memories of living and working by our stretch of the Thames.
We need to get started on those flood defences
Time to re-energise the diversion plans that have stagnated
A reminder of the unsung heroes of our waterways
£60,000 refit to keep lock gates in pride of place for years to come
Licences up, but there’s a reason
Well, I guess it was inevitable, wasn’t it? The Environment Agency is putting up boat licence fees for next year by 4.6 percent – that’s inflation plus two percent.