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Victor on our equipment

LET'S break the trend this week and concentrate on equipment for our boats, giving you our own experience of the equipment we have used and how it fared.

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Published: 17 January 2016

Taking over EA waterways

I RESPECT the Inland Waterways Association (IWA)  as an organisation and its leaders for the excellent work they have achieved over many years, writes Jimmy Lockwood.

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Published: 15 January 2016

Serial cock-ups!

THE Canal & River Trust's (CaRT) cock-ups come thick and fast with no less than four over in the Christmas period. 
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Published: 15 January 2016

Well tested

THE floating pontoons installed at the new White Mills Marina on the Nene were well tested over the recent weeks.

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Published: 15 January 2016

CaRT launches flood appeal

THE Canal & River Trust has launched an appeal to help restore the damage to the waterways in the North that have been affected by the recent floods.

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Published: 15 January 2016

Mass exodus from Calder & Hebble

OUR boat was one of those that had to be rescued by River Canal Rescue after the floods on the Calder & Hebble, and we must congratulate the rescue people on a good job once they got around to our boat, being of course in a queue, writes Pauline Grimes.

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Published: 14 January 2016

Open Weekends at new marina

WHITE MILLS marina on the Nene is hosting a series of Open Weekends to allow prospective moorers to inspect the facilities at the new marina.

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Published: 14 January 2016

Lancaster closed again

STAINTON Aqueduct on the Lancaster Canal has suffered structural damage and is safeguarded by a dam, closing off the waterway.

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Published: 13 January 2016

Not fit for purpose

YET again, Canal & river Trust report that  the sanitary station at Braunston is out of action.

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Published: 13 January 2016

Broads Authority to evict 41 boating families

THE Broads Authority has issued 41 eviction notices to houseboat moorers at the western end of Thorpe Island in Norwich, that has been a recognised mooring site for nearly 100 years—since at least 1922.

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Published: 13 January 2016

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Latest

  • 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
  • Clearing the water on accessible healthcare for boaters

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