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Macclesfield AND Peak Forest now closed

IN ADDITION to the breach on the Macclesfield Canal on the Marple Flight, the Peak Forest Canal is now also closed.

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Published: 22 May 2016

Victor: Heading back

ONE thing about the Caldon Canal—up to Leek at least—it is a dog walker's paradise, with multiple walks along its whole length.

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Published: 21 May 2016

Breach closes Macclesfield Canal

THE Macclesfield Canal is currently closed due to a breach and early indications are that it will be closed for a while.

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Published: 20 May 2016

Victor: Upwards and onwards

SO ONCE more into Stone, and to something that always upsets me—boats still moored late morning, obviously been there overnight at the short stay offside visitor moorings, obviously there for boaters to have a short stay enabling them to nip into town and back. Selfish I reckon especially as loads of space towpath side.

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Published: 16 May 2016

Victor: Not staying here

THE words 'we are not staying here, raining or not' from She Who Must, etc, etc, meant we had no option but to vacate the attractions of Fradley Junction—in the rain.

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Published: 14 May 2016

Victor: Off we go again

THAT was a very long winter for us, with little boating opportunity to venture anywhere owing to either the weather or the all too often flooded Trent, but cometh the summer once more, it's a leisurely venture to Leek and back—stoppages allowing of course.

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Published: 11 May 2016

The boaters' rights to overstay

WITH reference Mr Howard's email of 2nd May, he says, quote: 'Our local team were prepared to provide a temporary Authorised Overstay'. And that Mr Howard received a good service from the enforcement team in this instance, writes Richard Churchill.

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Published: 07 May 2016

Vandalism completely unacceptable

THE Canal & River Trust understood the daubing with paint of a narrowboat took place a while back, and was reported.

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Published: 06 May 2016

Greeters wanted for Burnley

THE Canal & River Trust wants to recruit new volunteers to welcome visitors to the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Burnley.

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Published: 06 May 2016

All-important to the Trust

I don't think that that the Trust will do anything about the disgraceful treatment of the narrowboat on the Staffs & Worcs that had obviously be daubed by paint by an angler, writes Steve Kidd.

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Published: 06 May 2016

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