Towpath Talk - 2021-10-28

• Canals can help to tackle climate change crisis
• Freight traffic
• Pathway project
• Breach forces Leeds & Liverpool Canal closure
• Are you paying too much for your mooring asks the Barge Associatio­n Good deal or rip-off?
• Bypass opening boost for Lichfield Canal Trust
• Canals and towpaths fly the green flag
• Tackling invasive weeds on the Lancaster Canal
• Walking over Blisworth Hill
• Large dip causes lock closure
• November 2021 Back in the Black Country – Boating Festival returns
• November 2021 Pewsham Locks project boosted by £15,000 grant
• Montgomery Canal restoratio­n could benefit from Growing Mid Wales bid
• Brownhills festival makes successful return
• Cotswold Canals Trust celebrates Queen’s Award
• Gloucester­shire’s canal roundabout does the double
• Volunteers from Arcadis boost progress
• Ribbon cut at new informatio­n point
• Community boating charity finally celebrates 40th anniversar­y
• Store’s community fund boost for Lichfield Canal Trust
• NCBA training helps crews return to the water
• Community boat crew help make couple’s perfect day
• Volunteers sought to help save Mersey Flat
• Worsley Delph project wins award
• Birstall Lock landing has the edge
• Plan to save listed Aberdulais aqueduct
• Ashby Canal path link gathers pace
• New trustees join IWA Board
• Get involved – join us on a work party
• November 2021 A timely focus on inland waterways freight
• Successful season for Waverley
• Mileposts milestones
• Rope marks
• Starting pin
• Kennet and Avon Canal Museum
• Beat the winter blues with an active walk
• WHAT’S ON IN NOVEMBER
• Disappeari­ng Lines – the craft of wooden boat building
• November 2021
• November 2021 Narrowboat gathering for winter fuel
• Pets on the Cut
• Braunston Marina wins village gardens cup
• Uppermill volunteers keep busy along the towpath
• Volunteers of the future?
• Following the swallows south
• Trustees sought for scheme’s ‘exciting future’
• Earlswood Lakes works to be completed by mid-November
• CanalBookS­hop website gets new look
• Double barge-owner convicted for illegal moorings
• Staffordsh­ire marina mourns loss of owner
• Tribute paid to ‘wonderful’ Jean
• Leading the charge!
• Marina wins national award for second year
• Machine Mart opens new Northampto­n store
• Travel insurance with sailors in mind
• New face at Aquafax
• Sun shines on Barton Marina – at least it’s hoping it does!
• A canal winter’s tale
• A treat for nature lovers the world over
• Two new cleaning products from Bonda
• Make lock winding easier with GOWindlass
• Back door shoe solution
• Stow these away in the Christmas stockings
• A great gift for the boater in your family
• Three new products in the Hotspot range
• HMS and Refleks, sailing proudly on after 46 years
• Green boating partnershi­p secures new funding to ‘electrify the Broads’
• The Green Blue is not just for the coast
• Clean Maritime Demonstrat­ion Competitio­n
• The busiest season ever!
• Ginger, spice and all things nice
• Oil Bubble stove – it’s all in the trim
• Coping with extreme weather
• Acton Bridge Cruising Club ‘back in business’
• READER ADVERTS
• Chain ferry across the Soar
• Victorian railway swing bridge to be restored
• Taking a step in the ‘Royal’ direction
• Useful informatio­n:
• Meelick Weir and walkway officially opened
• Relive Light Ballet with Le Boat
• New boardwalk for Carrick-on-Shannon
• Grand Canal Greenway to be extended
• A towpath journey:
• The Towpath Angler
• The Wet Web
• RCR cash prize winner
• Towpath mowing will benefit boaters – CRT
• Linear park prophecy coming to pass
• Who left the lock open?
• “End of season, an era or just the END, full stop?”
• Consultati­ons and Covid

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