THERE has been a lot of debate on narrowboatworld recently about CaRT's claim that the canals are in better shape now than ever before.
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THE Severn is a river to be respected. Some days it is as calm as a mill pond, others it can be a raging torrent., writes Peter Ponting.
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SO ANOTHER year and another thousand or so less on the waterways we are told, but where are they all going?
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THE Ashton Canal is currently closed between locks 1 and 18 as the tail gate of lock 10 has been damaged and it is not known if it needs a simple repair or a replacement gate is required.
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AFTER reading Mick Fitzgibbons' article entitled 'Towpath Velodrome', I dug out my British Waterway (BW) Cycling Permit (in its plastic holder with strap to affix it around the seat stem of your bike) and a copy of the (then) BW Code which accompanied the permit, writes Graham Freeman.
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STORIES are circulating of a very over zealous enforcement officer that is very troubling for all boaters on the Trent, adjacent rivers and canals, Ralph Freeman writes.
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IT IS alright Alison Milton remarking about watching the old boaters working locks in archive footage, it seemingly being so easy, but she forgets one thing, writes Ian Gittins.
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THE formal opening of Constitution Hill Bridge had the Chesterfield Canal Festival off to a flying start last week-end.
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IN HIS piece on the 30th of June, Ralph Helleman stated 'working the locks is little fun, as they really are man's work', writes Alison Milton.