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Coronavirus closes two tidal Trent locks

WITH the lock keeper at West Stockwith Lock on the tidal Trent testing positive for coronavirus the lock is now closed.

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Published: 21 August 2020

Boat strike damages lock gate

A BOAT striking the top gate of a lock has put it out of action.

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Published: 21 August 2020

Grantham Canal lock gets new gates

VOLUNTEERS are now ready to fit a lock on the Grantham Canal with new gates—the first in 90 years.

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Published: 21 August 2020

More cost for boaters

LIKE I am sure many others boaters, I see the news that the BSS endorses the bilge filters as yet another cost that will soon be on our way, writes T Lang.

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Published: 20 August 2020

Paddles not working

MY HUSBAND and I have just completed a three weeks cruise from our base at Mercia Marina, writes Janet Forbes.

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Published: 20 August 2020

CaRT shops still not re-opened

THE many shops operated for boaters by Canal & River Trust have still not re-opened.

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Published: 19 August 2020

Too much silt in the Severn

THE build-up of silt in the Severn is causing deep draughted boats to get grounded.

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Published: 19 August 2020

Failure of single working lock paddle closes Wigan Flight

ALL too often now there is just one working paddle on lock gates causing stoppages.

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Published: 19 August 2020

Coxhead Swing Bridge re-opens

AFTER its latest stoppage Coxhead Swing Bridge is repaired and fully operational again.

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Published: 19 August 2020

Reflections of an Ancient Boater—Do herons understand physics?

I WONDER how many of you boaters out there have observed this somewhat strange behaviour by a heron, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 17 August 2020

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  • Canal to be closed for a month
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  • Works not finished in time for Easter
  • Restrictions on the Rochdale Canal to save water
  • Possible boatyard for Oxford after 20 years
  • Four paddle failures already this month
  • De-wintering tips from River Canal Rescue
  • 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
  • I don't believe it! tells Victor
  • Another mile of the Stroudwater Canal in water

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