Walking the Cut

This summer I walked the 31 miles of restored Chesterfield Canal and repeated  the experience during the longer and colourful autumn. The waterways of England are one of  its hidden treasures. Back in September I sailed the Warwickshire ring  covering 124 locks in 72 hours of sailing over the space of six days. All this is excellent keep fit and more scenic than a gym.

The coalition government have indicated that they will allow British Waterways to transfer from the public sector to the third sector and register as a charity. This could be great if the estate currently managed by BW as a government agency transfers too allowing  BW to  become a National Trust for our waterways. Somehow I don't trust the government not to mess up and  transfer ownership of the waterways to the totally incompetent Environment Agency. leaving BW to maintain and manage them.