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Crumbling around us

AFTER the latest failure—today (Monday)— our contributor in charge of stoppages, Keith Gudgin well describes the waterways as 'crumbling around us'!

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Published: 02 December 2013

Makes a mockery

I DID not realise that there had been eight failures on the waterways in nine months. That certainly makes a mockery of the statement from CaRT that 'they are rare occurrences', writes Ian Gittins.

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Published: 02 December 2013

Canal cottages to be refurbished

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) has announced it is to spend £1.5m to refurbish a number of its most historic canalside cottages.

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Published: 02 December 2013

Welsh waterway festivals

PLANNING is now underway for two Welsh waterway festivals—the Maesbury Canal Festival and the Montgomery Canal Triathlon.
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Published: 02 December 2013

Horse had to be rescued

A pregnant mare became caught in its tether as it went to drink out of the Nene near Northampton, having to be rescued by a specialist water rescue team as it could not get out.

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Published: 02 December 2013

Asset and infrastructure failures

IT WOULD seem that no sooner does the Canal & River Trust (CaRT) open one part of its crumbling system than another failures occurs and an unscheduled stoppage takes place elsewhere, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 02 December 2013

IWA wants more London moorings

THOUGH Canal & River Trust (CaRT) is against flooding London with moorings to pacify the various councils to help solve their housing problems, the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) opposes this and wants to increase moorings.

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Published: 02 December 2013

Still another culvert failure

WITH one culvert repaired and just two to go it seemed that the problem of failed culverts was being mastered, but there has been yet another culvert failure, again on the Shropshire Union Canal.

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Published: 30 November 2013

Stoppage notices updated

MANY boaters despair of the multitude of stoppage notices put out by Canal & River Trust, with the bulk of no interest to them, but we are promised that all will change on the 9th December.

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Published: 28 November 2013

Boats cannot solve housing problems

I have just skimmed through the London Assembly Report on moorings which was forwarded by the GLA to members of the London Waterways Commission, writes Del Brenner.

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Published: 28 November 2013

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