19th April  2013

Our Towpath Officer, David Blackburn, writes:

We now have a significant length of new towpath at Worksop. The badly worn section between the town centre and Stret Lock had deteriorated to extent the that in wet weather there were more puddles than path.

17th April  2013

Our ex-British Waterways Working Boat, Python, set out on its Summer tour yesterday. Each year it goes round the system to various events promoting our canal and the Trust.

Whilst the crew of the Hugh Henshall were undertaking some interior work on the boat this week (w/c 1st April 2013), they were treated to a very welcome site courtesy of our friends in the Canal and River Trust, namely the actions of a dredging team.

2nd April  2013

We were very interested to read the following statement from HS2. It was produced following any enquiry from a third party who had read our HS2 maps article. If you have not yet seen this article, click here.

HS2 Ltd Director Leeds, Manchester and Heathrow, Ian Jordan, said: