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Email: Not able to wait

While the article 'Stay Put' makes some very good points it ignores the fact that not all boaters can plan their journeys such that are able to wait for improvement in the weather.

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Published: 24 February 2016

Taking over EA navigations

A JOINT working group has been established by Canal & River Trust (CaRT) and the Environment Agency (EA) to explore the different options for operating the EA river navigations.

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Published: 24 February 2016

Bicentenary marked by mileposts

THE bicentenary of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is being marked by the Canal & River Trust by replacing missing mileposts along the waterway.

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Published: 24 February 2016

Drowned man was boater

THE man's body discovered in the Grand Union Canal at Croxley Green last Tuesday morning has been identified as Paul Harper who was a member of the local boating community.

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Published: 22 February 2016

Bridge installed for services

IN ADDITION to the temporary pedestrian bridge installed last month after the floods damaged the main Elland Road Bridge, a further one is being installed to carry services.

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Published: 22 February 2016

Holes still remain

I UNDERSTAND that budgets are probably very tight within CART at the moment, but this recent 'opportunity' made me laugh, writes John Howard.

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Published: 22 February 2016

Stay put!

WITH winds now often reaching gale force, it is amazing that there are boaters cruising in such conditions, being a danger to both themselves and others.

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Published: 22 February 2016

Watch your dangly bits fellas

THERE is a possibility that the pacu fish will soon be inhabiting our waterways, that are known for taking off male swimmers genitals, with one swimmer having bled to death in New Guinea.

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Published: 22 February 2016

Three for price of two moorings

BOATERS who prefer to moor in marinas for the facilities and explore the area whilst cruising are being offered three nights moorings at a marina for the price of two.

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Published: 20 February 2016

Sunken boat in Oxford Canal

THERE is another sunken boat partly blocking the navigation, this time on the Oxford Canal.

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Published: 20 February 2016

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