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What a day!

What the hell is the matter with some boaters? We were at the top lock of the Atherstone Flight, travel restrictions from 8.30am to 4.00pm, writes Geraldine Prescott.

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Published: 02 September 2011

Email: Creeping dilapidation

How I agree with the thoughts of many recently on the ‘sudden' alarm over water levels!

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Published: 02 September 2011

No duck house for Stroud

JOHN BRUM spent three months and over £400 constructing a wooden duck house to float on the Stroud Canal without first discovering if it was allowed.

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Published: 01 September 2011

Land sale causing concern

THE auction of land  by British Waterways in Mirfield by the Calder & Hebble Navigation is causing concern about access.

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Published: 01 September 2011

Increase for EA boaters

THE Environment agency has announced that it is to increase its boat registration charges next year.

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Published: 01 September 2011

BW backs down over continuous cruisers

THE plans by British Waterways' Head of Boating, Sally Ash, to control residential moorers on the Lee & Stort Navigations have been abandoned.

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Published: 31 August 2011

IWA walk raised £400

The Inland Waterways Association walk along the Montgomery Canal last week-end raised nearly £400.

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Published: 31 August 2011

Protecting botched maintenance

BRITISH WATERWAYS has made a planning application to bolt a rubber fender to the lock structure to protect its botched brickwork on the unique Grade ll Listed locks on the Regents Canal at Camden Town, writes Del Brenner.

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Published: 31 August 2011

Winter talks at Gloucester

FRIENDS of the Gloucester Waterways Museum have arranged talks this winter in Coots Conference Suite adjacent to the Museum.

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Published: 31 August 2011

Email: Little instruction

We recently started to work up the Bosley locks following another private boat, but we got as far as the second lock and found that in front of the boat in front of us were two hire boats from a local hire fleet on the Macclesfield.

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Published: 31 August 2011

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