THE latest of a long list of dubious schemes churned out by the old British Waterways, and now the new British Waterways, better known to us all as Canal & River Trust, is to contact a thousand boaters to gather what they think of how the waterways are being run.
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I HAVE been only too pleased to publish the questions and answers at the 'Meet the Boaters' sessions held by Richard Parry, Chief Executive of the Canal & River Trust, even attending one, though some boaters believe they are little more than an exercise in PR.
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THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) is the third most complained about charity in the country, according to the Charity Commission, writes Allan Richards.
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A SWAN has been used as target practice at the St. Helen's Canal at Widnes, and was found with two crossbow bolts in its head and neck and many air rifle pellet wounds.
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THE Vikings, in rampaging mood, arrived at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal over last week-end, together with other activities making up a Family Festival.
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THE Grantham Canal Society is holding a combined Discovery Day and Planning Meeting as a showcase to inform people of what the society is doing.
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ACCORDING Wikipedia, 'synchronicity' is the experience of one or more events as meaningfully related, where they are unlikely to be causally related, writes Allan Richards.
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MANCHESTER Cruises are searching for a new skipper to join them in cruising some weekday mornings, Friday and Saturday nights,some weekend mornings if necessary and during the school holidays on the Manchester Ship Canal.
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A GROUP of resident boaters, calling themselves 'Friends of Castle Mill Stream' have taken possession of a strip of bank on telling that it is now their property.
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THOUGH Droitwich Waterways Trust charity boat Pamela May, often takes people for short trips, for the first time it has completed the Worcester Ring.
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