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Ilkeston will get through

PROVISION is being made for the horse-drawn traditional narrowboat Ilkeston to get through Camden, notwithstanding the towpath closure, Lester May writes.

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Published: 22 August 2012

Hirer breaks her leg

A hirer stepping off her boat tripped and broke her leg over the week-end and had to be taken to hospital, Jackie Brown tells us.

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Published: 22 August 2012

Email: Difficult holiday

Having taken a holiday on your Trent & Mersey Canal and gone through those locks stated, I can confirm that they made the holiday my wife and myself took very difficult indeed and really no pleasure.

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Published: 20 August 2012

Will the horse boat arrive?

THE 100 years old horse drawn narrowboat Ilkeston is making a 200 miles journey from Ellesmere Port to London, and will pass through Camden Town this Thursday 23rd August, an event not seen locally for some fifty years, Lester May writes:

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Published: 20 August 2012

Another boater prosecution

FOLLOWING on from four successful prosecutions by the Environment Agency  in May, another owner of an unregistered boat has paid the price, writes Roger Fox.

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Published: 20 August 2012

Email: Jobsworth?

While waiting at the top of Anderton Lift holding point for our trip down yesterday, the guy clearing us for descent was asked by a member of the public if they could take their dog down to the exterior picnic site while they viewed the lift in operation.

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Published: 20 August 2012

Waterways at a crossroads

PROPERTY consultancy Colliers International is calling for the transfer of British Waterways into Canal & River Trust to signal a re-incorporation of the canal and river network into the nation's infrastructure.

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Published: 20 August 2012

Victor: Lock tuition

I WAS not in the least surprised at our Allan Richards' report of so many boats sinking in locks, which much surely be down to the complete lack of proper lock tuition.

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Published: 19 August 2012

Risking their lives

THE warm weather has once again brought the incidence of young people leaping into locks to cool down, yet they are risking their lives.

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Published: 18 August 2012

Wi-Fi for museum

IN THIS age of the internet, more and more Wi-Fi is being made available, with the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port now boasting of the facility.

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Published: 17 August 2012

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Latest

  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
  • Lee Navigation lock remains closed to navigation
  • Café turns to cyclists as it has fewer boaters
  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
  • Two more 'winter works' added
  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters
  • Collapsed culvert keeps Staffs & Worcs Canal closed
  • Long closure caused by building demolition
  • Just one puppy lived of three dumped on canal towpath
  • Could be a long stoppage at Kennet & Avon lock

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