I am in agreement with just a few of the comments about CaRT staff and their management so often made on these pages. However, I have always found that the staff on the ground, the 'Blue Shirt' boys and girls are made of much sterner stuff than their management, writes Bob Hallam.
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THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) Chief Executive, Richard Parry, attended the 22nd Annual General Meeting of the National Association of Boat Owners (NABO) held on 16th November 2013, writes Allan Richards.
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AFTER many months of meetings, deliberation and consultation, Stuart Collins, the C&RT area volunteer coordinator, with a mini digger and four Ashby Canal Association (ACA) volunteers with shovels and wheelbarrows led by Martyn Plant started preparation work on a very boggy length of towpath on Friday, writes Brian Holmes.
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THE Youthful Venturer Narrowboat Project (YVNP) encourages children and young people to take part in educational day trips and overnight residential opportunities on the canal network aboard a purpose built 70ft narrowboat.
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I see Victor is off on another of his hobby horses—Health & Safety. Why are some people so opposed to workers being able to work in a safe environment?
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I AM not sure that the figures quoted for visitors are unrealistic writes the Chairman of Grantham Canal Society, Mike Stone.
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SUCH was the respect a popular boater had amongst his compatriots and relations, that in a bizarre ceremony, they remembered him as did the Vikings by setting fire to his boat whilst still on the waterway.
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A set of keys were handed into our bar today (Saturday) at lunch time. They were found on the towpath at Oxley and a good citizen passed them to us to try and locate the owner, writes Orph Mable.
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THE Environment Agency (EA) has announced that its boat registration charge increase for 2014/15 will be 4.8%.
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