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Cruise for seriously ill children

EVERY year Dave Smith, owner of Avon Leisure Cruises, Together with orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Nadim Aslam, arrange a cruise for seriously ill children on the Avon.

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Published: 22 August 2011

Mock rescue at Bath

THE Avon Fire and Rescue carried out a mock rescue in the Avon at Bath, the purpose being to show towpath walkers the risk of drinking alcohol, then either walking home along the river or jumping into the water.

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Published: 22 August 2011

'Waterways grinding to a halt'

THE combination of falling water levels and the drastic increase in boats at honey-pot sites is resulting in the canal network grinding to a halt.

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Published: 22 August 2011

Keeping the Thames in good shape

OWING to the Environment Agency's Waterways Investment Programme, 12 locks will benefit during the next few months.

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Published: 20 August 2011

Sunk boat was on cill

THE narrowboat that sank in Weston Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal was caught on the cill.

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Published: 19 August 2011

Commemorative journey

THE historic narrowboat Mendip will be travelling through the Midlands to Bournville in September to re-create the journeys it made 50 years ago carrying chocolate crumb.

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Published: 19 August 2011

Email: Should get the sack

If those bonuses were based on the directors doing a good job and keeping the waterways in good condition they deserve only one thing, and that is the sack, with no golden handshake or over bloated pension.

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Published: 19 August 2011

Email: Priority is pedestrians

You may want to direct your correspondent  to the Waterscape web site regarding cyclists on towpaths.

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Published: 19 August 2011

Email: Congestion

Not so long ago, British Waterways' Sally Ash (Head of Boating—huh?) told a meeting of those concerned about allowing more new marinas that there is no quantifiable method to measure 'congestion'.

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Published: 19 August 2011

Union's disgust at bonuses

FOLLOWING the news in narrowboatworld that British Waterways directors are awarding themselves a bonus for failure, whilst giving its workers a pittance award, Robin Evans maintains it is recognising the directors' performance.

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Published: 18 August 2011

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