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"I'm a plonker!" says boater

A BOATER who took his narrowboat out in flood conditions and had it jammed against a bridge described himself as a 'plonker'!

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Published: 19 January 2010

Information on waterways

THE Severn Area Rescue Association (SARA) has created information packs for schools about the hazards of inland waterways.
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Published: 19 January 2010

Money for repairs

IT SEEMS that the trip boat on the Neath Canal will come to an end unless money in found for its repairs.

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Published: 19 January 2010

BW gives land to trust

BRITISH Waterways has gifted land to the Cotswold Canals Trust to help with the restoration of the Thames & Severn Canal, now known as the Cotswold Canals.

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Published: 18 January 2010

First stupidity of 2010

It was well known bloggers Lesley and Joe on their narrowboat Caxton, stuck in ice at Great Haywood, who spotted the first BW stupidity of the year.

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Published: 15 January 2010

WRG celebrates 40 years

ESTABLISHED way back in 1970, this year the Inland Waterways Association's Waterway Recovery Group (WRG) is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

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Published: 15 January 2010

Arsonists fire boat on K & A

POLICE say that a narrowboat that was burnt out at Devizes on the Kennet & Avon Canal was set on fire deliberately.

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Published: 14 January 2010

An extra attraction

THERE is likely to be an extra attraction for anyone wanting information about the restoration of the Cotswold Canals.

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Published: 14 January 2010

More work on Sankey

WORK is to start on the replacement of the fixed Carter House Bridge with a swing bridge on the Sankey Canal.

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Published: 14 January 2010

Can you believe it?

THERE are plenty of idiots around believing the ice can hold their weight, and falling through into the water, but these two must be the biggest idiots of all.

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Published: 13 January 2010

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