THOUGH the normal email official stoppage notice has not been released, we have been told that the Leicester Section of the Grand Union Canal above Leicester is now closed indefinitely from today, Wednesday.
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IT WAS way back in 1998, when we were very keen and very fit, on our way back from the Thames that we first ventured on to the summit pound of the Leicester Section.
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NEEDLESS to say the stoppage had buggered up our plans so it was a gentle cruise to Market Harborough and back for a bit of shopping.
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I was shocked indeed by what was done in the five days of Ervin's Lock stoppage, but more of that later.
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WITH Ervin's Lock on the Leicester Section closed for this week, there will be no getting to Kilby Bridge in a hurry, so it really is a slow one this time.
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THOUGH the reduced width of Lock 15 on the Marple Flight has caused its closure, there are plans to allow boats of up to 6ft 10ins to navigate through the lock.
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IT IS once again time for our September cruise, so no updates for a couple of weeks or so.
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A STALWART of the Shropshire Union Canal Society, Paul Mills has died. We will leave it to his friends to tell of his work for the waterways.
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HARECASTLE Tunnel is not really a good place to escape from the police, but one suspect burglar thought so.
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I WAS pleased to see that at last you have detailed what it is actually like cruising the Rochdale Canal, though you have to feel for those crews faced with 18 yobs intent upon harm, writes T Lang.
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