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Victor: CaRT to charge boaters for using Anderton Boat Lift

THE Anderton Boat Lift has always been free for boaters—but not any more.
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Published: 28 June 2020

Boat Parks anyone?

IF YOU live in the north of England, your opportunities to go cruising for weeks at a time, are becoming less each year, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 26 June 2020

Trip boat returns after refurbishment

THE Wey & Arun Canal Trust’s trip boat Zachariah Keppel is back after spending several months away for repairs.

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Published: 26 June 2020

Watford Flight still closed

THE Watford Flight on the Leicester Section that was closed two weeks ago is still closed.

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Published: 26 June 2020

People risking their lives

THE Canal & River Trust is warning against people leaping into its Saddington Reservoir near Market Harborough.

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Published: 26 June 2020

Canal & River Trust curtails Ashby Canal moorings

THE more I see of CaRT's policies and work programme the more I'm convinced that someone in that organisation has totally lost the plot.  It's no wonder they are losing the respect of boaters en-masse, writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 25 June 2020

Overweight wagons a cause of Crabtree Swing Bridge problems

IT WOULD seem that overweight waggons using the Crabtree Swing Bridge could be a cause of its problems.

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Published: 25 June 2020

Sunken boat closes Glasson Branch

THE risk of contamination from a sunken boat has closed the Glasson Branch of the Lancaster Canal.

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Published: 25 June 2020

Living up to its reputation

CRABTREE Swing Bridge on the Leeds & Liverpool is something of a joke amongst regulars users.

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Published: 25 June 2020

Proves who it cares about

ONE small passage contained in the information from Canal & River Trust about allowing overnight stays proves who it cares about, writes James Henry.

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Published: 25 June 2020

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