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Berth discount to help boaters relocate

MANY boaters move from marina to marina giving them new cruising routes, with Kings Bromley Marina going that extra mile.

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Published: 23 November 2017

Boat gets the blame

A LOCK on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal has been damaged we are told by Canal & River Trust, suggesting it is a boat that has caused the problem.

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Published: 23 November 2017

Secret Santa for families in financial hardship

THIS year Dudley Canal & Tunnel Trust are running a project called Secret Santa in partnership with local organisations who work with families in financial hardship.

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Published: 23 November 2017

Past repair

THE Bulbourne barbecue on the summit pound of the Grand Union Canal  is now derelict with the metal fire pan corroded and collapsed adding to the pile of litter below.

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Published: 22 November 2017

A way to avoid lock gate damage

While I sympathise with boaters who have problems with lock gates opening or closing at inopportune moments there are other ways to help avoid damage, suggests Bob Hallam.

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Published: 22 November 2017

Show them how to work unbalanced gates

There could be a very easy answer to the issue of using unbalanced lock gates, writes Bill Ridgeway.

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Published: 22 November 2017

The reason for 'easy' Thames locks

My Good Lady was very impressed just how strong Thames lock keepers (male and female) were until we had to work ourselves through a ‘self service’ lock, writes Iain Jones.

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Published: 22 November 2017

Boats converted from ferries to restaurant

THE two boats that were used to ferry people to the Olympics have been converted into a floating restaurant and moored at Paddington Basin.

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Published: 22 November 2017

Balance the gates properly

It seems that broken lock gates are now coming thick and fast with the one at Derwent Mouth the latest to be uprooted from its foundations, writes Jim Cracken.

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Published: 20 November 2017

Doesn't see the point of the latest consultation

LIKE, it would seem many other boaters, I don't see the point of the new licensing consultation [by Canal & River Trust] as it is, as another of your contributors told, pre-formatted and not open to suggestions, writes James Henry.

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Published: 20 November 2017

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