THE Grill & Grain that was destroyed by fire (Canalside pub destroyed) at Riley Green on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is to be re-built.
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IT REQUIRED two fire crews to rescue an elderly couple from a hire boat that caught on the cill of a Grindley Brook lock on the Llangollen Canal.
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THERE is one thing in Canal & River Trust's favour that it does tell us of its stoppages in time, but not so it appears the Environment Agency, as it has just issued one 11 years late!
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PERSHORE on the Avon is a favourite staying place for boaters on the Avon, with nearby facilities and attractive walks, and now there is more handy moorings.
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WHITE Mills Marina has started work on its brand new purpose built facilities building, with work now well underway.
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IS IT a narrowboat or is it a submarine? Howard Clarke's picture of the latest addition of peculiar boats, this time on the summit pound of the Grand Union Canal. Our Keith Gudgin tells us it is a lifeboat that is usually painted orange.
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THE Canal & River Trust has admitted that there will be a summer of stoppages, but it states these 'have been selected due to the fact that they all have suitable diversion routes which will minimise the impact on our customers'.
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WITHOUT any doubt, there were very few hire boats about during our cruise to Bugsworth Basin and back, particularly the first week of May when there were days we saw none—an occurrence unheard of in the past.
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AT LAST we were off the Macclesfield and once again back on the Trent & Mersey Canal, and what a relief, as the boat moved as it should with so much more water underneath.
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IT WAS two years ago that the Macclesfield Canal was awarded the Green Flag award, which means that every two years there is a further inspection to show that the aims of the award are still being met.
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