THE Grand Union is (slightly) quieter than some other areas in the south east, though our volunteers at Foxton for example have a constant flow of boats, writes Edward Moss, National Volunteering Manager, Canal & River Trust.
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THERE is nothing that annoys genuine boaters more than the free loaders on the system, and not just in London, write Jan and Malcolm Gunningham.
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LATE this afternoon (Friday) the Chesterfield Canal is in flood and overflowing its new bank at Staveley just before the new basin.
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A NARROWBOAT was swept onto the weir at Ratcliffe-on-Soar yesterday (Thursday) when the owner pulled over to allow a broad beam to pass, and was swept by the current at Cedar Isle on the river.
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THE Trent is in flood yet again, with CART issuing warning notices that Cranfleet Flood Lock is closed.
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A SHORT extension from the existing Forth & Clyde Canal to a new sea lock on the Carron and a lift bridge at Falkirk will cost £13.5m.
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FOR the second time in just over a week Wigan streets have been flooded due to a blocked culvert under the Leeds & Liverpool Canal causing water to back up and flood.
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A NARROWBOAT was stolen from its moorings at Tonbridge on the Medway, then later found having been trashed.
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IT IS not our canal-side trees, but those mature Plane trees that line the 330 years old Canal Du Midi in France.
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