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Get those Erewash anti-vandal locks replaced

TIME and time again the Erewash Canal is closed to boating as vandals have opened paddles and drained pounds.

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Published: 26 September 2022

Victor tells the tale of two windlasses

WITH paddles no longer greased and our getting older(!) something had to be done to make working locks a little easier.

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Published: 24 September 2022

Three stoppages in one day!

EVEN for Canal & River Trust this is exceptionable—three canals closed in one day!

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Published: 24 September 2022

Bilgeaway filter fitting for free!

BOAT owners who book a service with River Canal Rescue buying a Bilgeaway filter will have it fitted free!

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Published: 24 September 2022

Sustainable Boating Pledge launched

SUSTAINABLE Boating Pledge has been launched at the Southampton International Boat Show.

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Published: 22 September 2022

Boaters' facilities protected on Middle Level

THE campaign against the plan to remove boaters' facilities in March on the Nene has resulted in the decision being reversed.

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Published: 22 September 2022

'Cox on the rocks' once again

THE Leeds & Liverpool Swing Bridge, Coxhead, is 'on the rocks' once more.

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Published: 22 September 2022

'Closed period' on the waterways!

WELL, never knew we had a closed period on the canals! Writes Brian D Jarrett.

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Published: 22 September 2022

'1984' at Standedge!

IN GEORGE Orwell's 1984, there is a passage where Winston Smith is in a beauty spot and a voice on a loudspeaker admonishes him, writes Stuart Field.

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Published: 22 September 2022

Victor finds it slow going

REALISING there were many more moored boats than the last time we cruised up the Shroppie we decided on a count of them coming back from Market Drayton.

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Published: 17 September 2022

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Latest

  • Smoke control comes into force for narrowboats in Bimingham
  • Three stoppages still ongoing
  • EA stops Bristol Floating Harbour funding
  • Braunston Customer Service Facility now closed
  • Marsworth Flight reopened
  • Stoppages on Rochdale and Tame Valley canals
  • Another paddle failure
  • Another broken paddle on the Rochdale Canal
  • Environment Agency clearing more abandoned boats off the Thames
  • Attack just off the Coventry Canal towpath
  • Another mile of the Stroudwater Canal in water
  • Ripon takes the record
  • Canal town best place to live in the North
  • Quick repair to lock cill
  • Getting through Beeston Lock
  • Will Penkridge Lock be open for Easter?
  • At last—a way off the Weaver
  • Nottingham Trent Basin to be lost
  • New waterside bridge in position
  • Unexpected conditions preventing reopening of Beeston Lock

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