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Can we cruise?

Over the past few weeks I have been planning the couple of summer cruises we will be taking, but having read about all the stoppages, I'm thinking "will we get back from cruising or be stuck behind a stoppage?", writes James Henry.

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Published: 19 March 2015

K&A still closed

THE Kennet & Avon Canal is still closed near Newbury owing to the structural failure of Higgs Lock (83).

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Published: 19 March 2015

CaRT's ten years plan

THE Canal & River Trust now has a ten years plan, with its Chief Executive, Richard Parry to explain it at a meeting at the end of April.

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Published: 19 March 2015

Email: Nail on the head

Mick Fitzgibbons certainly hits the nail on the head (Sitting with Nelly) and this explains a whole raft of things.
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Published: 19 March 2015

CaRT offices open longer

IT SEEMS that at last the people at Canal & River Trust are listening to its customers who have been complaining that it offices are often closed during the day.

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Published: 18 March 2015

Fast ride on the B&F

HERE is a fast cycle ride on the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal at 4:30pm in the afternoon between between Aston Junction and Salford Junction (under Spaghetti Junction).

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Published: 18 March 2015

Drunk steerer smashes into boats

A DRUNK steerer of a narrowboat caused havoc on the Shropshire Union Canal when she careered at full speed along the waterway smashing into moored boats and eventually ramming one head on causing thousands of pound worth of damage.

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Published: 18 March 2015

Sitting with Nelly

IN THE article (Symptom of a much larger malaise) Bill Ridgeway put his finger on the nub of one problem when it comes to inexperienced new graduates, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 18 March 2015

Three steps to heaven?

THERE are many views on what has now become a PR disaster for Canal & River Trust (CaRT), writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 18 March 2015

Leaving the waterways

THOUGH John Sergeant in the latest mockery of life on the waterways in the form of his television Barging Around tells us that there are more leisure boats on the waterways than ever before, we know it is untrue, as even CaRT figures clearly show they are declining.

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Published: 18 March 2015

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  • 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
  • CafĂ© 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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