Frost Damage at Alvingham Lock

Happy New Year everyone and sorry to start off 2011 on a pessimistic note.

Alvingham Lock is a listed lock on the Louth Navigation and has suffered major damage over the winter shown here:

and a post on the Louth Navigation Blog here, which will open a new tab/window in your browser.… more

“Here’s to the Ladies who Lunch”

One of my duties as a committee member of the Louth Navigation Trust, and a hangover from my days as Chairman, is that from time to time I get invited as the guest speaker, by various local groups to their AGMs or other functions, to give a talk on the Trust and the history of the canal.… more

Annual Walk up the Louth Navigation

The annual walk from Tetney Lock to Louth Riverhead (The Woolpack) will take place tomorrow, May 30th. Meet at the Crown & Anchor, Tetney Lock between 1.00 & 1.15 pm for prompt 1.30pm start. We have had a good response so far and the weather promises to be sunny, cloudless and with a slight (15mph) breeze, so the walking which is over fairly even ground should be good.… more