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Inappropriate heating

IN MY eight years experience of living aboard, speaking to hundreds of fellow boaters, a common conversation often relates to the number of towpath walkers who ask 'aren't you cold in the winter?', writes John Howard.

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Published: 14 November 2016

Narrowboat so much warmer

I CAN remember at the age of 13 or so living in a house with no insulation whatsoever! It had a pan-tile roof with no liner underneath to boot, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 14 November 2016

Doing it wrong

HAVING read the article Narrowboats too cold for winter living, I am amazed at the prognosis by the doctor, writes Orph Mable.

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Published: 14 November 2016

Buyers conned by fake boat adverts

BOATERS are discovering adverts for their narrowboats are being included on sites such as  Boatzone that are fake.

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Published: 11 November 2016

Work boats for Cotswold Canals

TWO new work boats have been purchased to hold dredged material from the Cotswold Canals to help in its restoration.

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Published: 11 November 2016

Email: Closing Dublin Canals

I am amazed though not at all surprised that Waterways Ireland had closed down the canals in Dublin, it says owing to vandals.
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Published: 11 November 2016

New canalside facilities for Banbury

AS PART of the North Oxfordshire expansion which will provide new homes and associated facilities, Cherwell District Council is keen to incorporate the canal South of Banbury into its plans.

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Published: 11 November 2016

Narrowboats too cold for winter living

HAVING recently attended two live-aboard boaters suffering pneumonia, a doctor has approached narrowboatworld telling of her concerns at the conditions of people living in narrowboats in winter.

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Published: 11 November 2016

Man talked off bridge

A MAN was talked down off the Worcester bridge over the Severn yesterday, after threatening to jump.

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Published: 10 November 2016

Wey & Arun gets IWA donation

THE restoration of the Wey & Arun Canal has benefited from £1,000 donated by the Guildford and Reading branch of the Inland Waterways Association.

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Published: 10 November 2016

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Latest

  • Deeply regret but illness causes lack of publication
  • Flood warning on the Trent
  • Water, water, everywhere
  • Still no paddles for lock on Glasson Branch
  • More problems at Penkridge Lock
  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
  • Lee Navigation lock remains closed to navigation
  • Café turns to cyclists as it has fewer boaters
  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
  • Two more 'winter works' added
  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed

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