Atherstone Locks and water shortages

The Story

We are heading back north after our summer on the River Thames, but our route has had to be changed because of water shortages caused by the summer drought. Atherstone Locks have re-opened making our journey slightly easier. In this episode, we talk to one of the volunteer lock keepers about what it was like while the locks and the canal was closed, and we speak to boaters who've also had to change their plans. Plus we look back at some of the times over this series of The Water Road when the subject of water has come up. We look at why a constant supply is needed, how we can keep what we've got, and how the canals could help the country cope with increasingly hot and dry summers.

The Water Road is produced and presented by Adam Porter.

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