Category: Other Transport

This is the first canal breach post since 29th January 2026 when the last one was done! However I have kept a continual monitor upon what has been happening and made lots of notes and screencaps and links to various videos and the different stages of the work to begin to set up the Whitchurch…

Which of the two major canal breach sites of 2025 will it be that gets to see its repairs finished first. The answer is doubtless Whitchurch. That on the Bridgewater, well in my view its going to be finished sometime in 2027. For most of 2026 however, the two will be running concurrently thus it…

The latest news re Llangollen canal and Whitchurch breach (21st January) is several boats have been moved off the canal. A number of Youtubers have filmed these going ons. One of those is Pacemaker which has gone away for inspection and work. The hull didn’t look too bad, and that because having painted a number…

The two boats Sefton and Ganymede have been refloated. Actually they were refloated for a short while last night, however the short pound they were in was soon drained again just to be sure there was nothing untoward happening. Today the boats were refloated once again. The fact the water was drained might possibly have…

What will happen over the weekend? Not much unless the contractors are being paid extra to undertake certain works – which could include the completion of the secondary cofferdam, the inspection and towing of the two retrieved narrowboats. Possibly other sundry work here and there, as well as taking all the winching equipment away and…

Narrowboat Pacemaker was removed from the New Mills breach site at Whitchurch, Shropshire, today! It is now entirely safe. A series of pulleys was used for this operation due to the very tight site constraints. No doubt pulleys (as I said yesterday) will be a feature during these boat rescue operations. I didn’t expect it…

The Llang0.0llen Canal hasn’t been forgotten! There has been minimal progress. Many had thought the boat winching that had been discussed would occur last week but one issue then was Storm Goretti which no doubt deferred things. As several videos reported last week workers were on site to inspect both Sefton and Ganymede in order…