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Canal & River Trust? More like Canal & River Bust tells Victor!

I HAVE just learned from our Keith Gudgin that the waterways suffered five 'Navigation: Closed' in a single day, surely now well earning the title of Canal & River Bust!

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Published: 22 May 2022

Victor reckons we will not make it!

THIS is the fourth time we have ventured up the Ashby, but not always making it to the end.

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Published: 18 May 2022

Victor finds the Coventry slow going

IT'S a few years since we last did the Coventry Canal, way before the virus in fact.

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Published: 14 May 2022

Victor finds the 'Six' being avoided

THE start of our cruise meant tackling the 'Terible Six' broad locks at the start of the Trent & Mersey.

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Published: 09 May 2022

Victor reckons swing bridges need sorting

SOMETHING really must be done about the ever failing swing bridges on the system.

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Published: 08 May 2022

It is hard to believe

IT IS indeed hard to believe that there were 29 stoppages on the waterways in one month, writes T. Lang.

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Published: 06 May 2022

Rochdale stoppage could be a long job

DEPENDING on contractors these days, the stoppage on the Rochdale could be a long job.

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Published: 06 May 2022

549 days lost to stoppages in April

ON MONDAY, narrowboatworld revealed that C&RT had posted 29 stoppages in April. Now Allan Richards provides more stoppage information for April stoppages taken from the Trust's database:

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Published: 05 May 2022

Now you see it—now you don't!

AMONGST the various banners at Canal Cavalcade in Little Venice, over the May Bank Holiday weekend, was one from the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) pushing for improved boater facilities, writes Jonathan Mosse.

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Published: 05 May 2022

Aqueduct Marina builds green credentials with Bilgeaway

AQUEDUCT Marina, based on the Shropshire Union Canal near Nantwich, is encouraging customers to install River Canal Rescue Bilgeaway filter on their narrowboats.

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Published: 05 May 2022

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Latest

  • Water, water, everywhere
  • Still no paddles for lock on Glasson Branch
  • More problems at Penkridge Lock
  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
  • Lee Navigation lock remains closed to navigation
  • Café turns to cyclists as it has fewer boaters
  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
  • Two more 'winter works' added
  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters
  • Collapsed culvert keeps Staffs & Worcs Canal closed

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