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Don't want punts or canoes

THE rowers that use the River Great Ouse in Bedford do not want to share the river with punts and canoes.

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Published: 16 February 2012

Princess Anne visits Cotswold Canals

PRINCESS Anne visited a restored section of the Cotswold Canals on Friday 10th February, meeting the people involved and opened a new lock and bridge.

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Published: 16 February 2012

Hanged under canal bridge

EARLY morning towpath walkers were shocked to discover a man hanging by his neck under a canal bridge over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Wigan.

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Published: 15 February 2012

Email: 100% is achievable

I must complain about the statement by Mike Todd this morning that 100% occupancy of berths at marinas is unachievable, and that when a space becomes vacant there will always be a period of vacancy as the space is advertised, let and the new tenant takes it up.

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Published: 15 February 2012

Boater jailed for assaulting angler

A narrowboat owner who took umbrage against an angler and his children has been jailed for seven years for using a Taser on the angler and firing a shotgun.

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Published: 15 February 2012

Email: 100% unachievable

Geoff Smith seems not to have much insight into managing occupancy—marina berths are, I suspect, much like renting properties where there are more data sources.

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Published: 15 February 2012

More for Mercia

MERCIA Marina on the Trent & Mersey Canal is adding even more facilities, with a new pub and piazza plan.
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Published: 13 February 2012

Ringing went well

THE launch of the the Mon & Brec Canal 200 celebrations, recreating the original opening ceremony of 200 years ago went very well.

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Published: 13 February 2012

Lack of dredging harmed festival

THE organisers of the Slough Canal Festival are blaming lack of dredging as the reason so few boats attended last year.

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Published: 13 February 2012

Olympic moorings too expensive

WE HAVE received a number of complaints from boat traders about the fees that British Waterways have set for moorings along the Regent's Canal during the Olympics.

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Published: 13 February 2012

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