ONE thing that must be stated about our new boss man, Richard Parry, he is certainly mixing amongst the boaters, and is listening, but I must say he is a past master at evasion—there were not many 'yes','no' answers to the questions at his Open Meeting yesterday at Nottingham.
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WE ARE told that the first Open Meeting, where Canal & River Trust's Chief Executive Richard Parry met his customers and answered their concerns was quite a success.
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BOATER Mike Bass is complaining again about theft from his boat moored in Sawley Marina, having lost another outboard engine.
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THE unprecedented amount of rain over the past days has put a great deal of the lower Grand Union Canal out of action, with much of the South East section now flooded.
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THE Cherwell has overflowed its banks in many areas of the Oxford Canal, with all flood gates closed and the waterway impassible in many places.
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THE Grantham Canal Society is reporting a new era with Canal & River Trust, with a much improved commitment than in the past.
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THE fourth national Sea Shanty Festival will take place at the National Waterways Museum in Ellesmere Port, coinciding with the Annual Boat Gathering.
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THE latest auction by Canal & River Trust included the infamous floating office, Brunel moored at Paddington Basin in London that was created as an investment.
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THE Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) people are asking boaters to increase their vigilance and stay aware of the risks of Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning, after more deaths.
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WE HAVE become used to village shops closing and thereby inconveniencing hungry boaters. Good news! The last remaining shop in Stoke Golding on the Ashby Canal has reopened, writes Ian Reid.