Show Notes
In this edition, it's crisis time on the canals as what may be the warmest summer on record leaves water levels extremely low, with boaters and businesses frustrated.
Links CRT Drought update https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views/news/drought-conditions-navigation-update Tardebigge reopening https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c620926y4lro Aquavista https://www.aquavista.com/ CRT boat count https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/news-and-views/news/national-boat-count-2025 Twiggy DIY Vlog 376B https://cruisingthecut.co.uk/2025/08/20/vlog-376b-mercia-me/ Vlog 376A https://cruisingthecut.co.uk/2025/08/10/vlog-376a-the-endless-river/ Tip jars https://cruisingthecut.co.uk/tip-jars/ Book a canal holiday! https://canalboatholidays.co.uk/referral/cruisingthecut Black Country Boating Festival https://bcbf.com/ Huddlesford Heritage Gathering https://heritagegathering.uk/ Archive vlog The L'Eaudown https://cruisingthecut.co.uk/2021/09/01/vlog-247-the-leaudown/ YouTube Pick https://www.youtube.com/@BrightSunTravels Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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