OUR rather outspoken contributor, Peter Ponting, has just finished five and half months cruising the system, and shares his experiences:
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I was somewhat disappointed to find John Dodwell felt the need to mis-quote me in order to make his point in his recent article published in narrowboatworld, writes Ralph Freeman.
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If you go out of the woods today, you may be faced with aggressive security staff from the privately run Her Majesty's Prison at Rye Hill on the Oxford Canal writes Kevin McNiff.
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SPRING of next year is the target date for the opening of the Trent & Mersey Canal at its breach at Dutton, but the repair at Croxton should be completed by Christmas.
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AS PROMISED, actors and boating enthusiasts Timothy West and Prunella Scales (Famous boaters against new marina—NbW 20/09/12) led a demonstration against the proposed 550 berth marina at Onley on the Oxford Canal.
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A REGULAR users of the section of the Trent & Mersey Canal where the breach occurred, and narrowboatworld contributor, Frank Hurst believes Canal & River Trust has the gall to to appeal for funds, and writes:
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So, there you go John Dodwell. Not so hard to inform the boating fraternity of the facts, writes Steve Jenkin.
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NOTWITHSTANDING all the complaints from boaters of the ever encroaching vegetation over the waterways, the Canal & River Trust's latest scheme is to plant more.
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THE invasive Dikerogammarus villosus, commonly known as the killer shrimp, that was discovered in the Broads earlier this year has now been found in the Worcester & Birmingham Canal and the Severn.
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A 15 YEARS old girl, grabbed by an attacker on the Union Canal towpath in Edinburgh jumped into the canal to escape.
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