THERE is no doubt that the idea of allowing the public to inspect locks whilst they are being repaired, is a good one, creating a deal of interest in the waterways.
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WITH continuous mooring looking more like a hanging offence than an issue of leisure boating I think the answer to the problem is simple. Stop treating it as a Section 8 issue and instead treat it as a parking offence, writes Graham Phillips.
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A MAN was discovered drowned in the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Blackburn earlier this week, Alan Tilbury tells us.
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THE latest scheme from Canal & River Trust is a canal towpath history trail, installed over two miles of the Kennet & Avon Canal in Bath.
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THE whole ethos of Facebook is that people can air their grievances, with always of course the right of reply, but not so with Canal & River Trust.
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THE Inland Waterways Association demand that Canal & River Trust should take action against 'continuous moorers' is hypocritical, writes Allan Richards.
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FOLLOWING the recent controversy concerning the lack of training for newcomers to the waterways, and the dangers it brings, Aqua Narrowboat have solved the problem.
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IT HAS been revealed that the 'missing link' of a derelict section of the Chesterfield Canal could be restored as part of a housing regeneration scheme in Killamarsh, where houses have been built on its original line.
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IN MY last article I included a report from my friend Doug Wildman and his account of the alleged lack of care displayed by Canal & River Trust during his extrication from the major breach on the Trent and Mersey, writes Frank Hurst.
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IT HAS long been known that the Shropshire Union Canal Society members have been instrumental in erecting moorings along the Shoppie, but now others have taken up installing moorings.
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