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TODAY, Monday, sees the complete shut-down of around 70 miles of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, caused we are told by lack of rainfall.

BRITISH Waterways directors have had a very good year, even if its waterways haven't.

AMY DICKERSON'S idea of a national day of protest against cyclists who misuse the towpaths is excellent, writes Tony Haynes.

SUSTRANS, the people promoting the change of use of towpaths into cycle tracks give the specifications of a mix-use track by waterways, yet upgraded towpaths fall way below the width required.

I am having a real problem this summer and it is all down to lycra louts on the towpaths, writes Amy Dickerson.

HARD on the heels of boaters being burned by a gas cylinder fire on the Thames, two more boaters have been burned, and are in hospital after another explosion caused by a portable gas cylinder

LET ME make this clear right from the beginning, writes Ralph Freeman; I am not against cyclists using towpaths. After all, many boaters use bicycles on the towpath to go to shops for supplies, or to perform the traditional task of lock wheeling.

SO IT'S started.  The new Government has brought out the hatchet to those money-swallowing Quangos.

STOKE BRUERNE Canal Museum on the Grand Union Canal, scooped top honours in two categories at the Northamptonshire Heritage Awards, winning Best Event and The People's Choice Award.

IT'S STARTED—the new Government's assault on the money-wasting quangos, with the Inland Waterways Advisory Council the first waterways related one to go.

I HAVE over the last few weeks watched with great interest the debate on cyclists, I have in my own experience seen some horrendous use of the towpaths by these errant cyclists, writes Frank Hurst.

WITH the advent of a speeding commuting cyclist hitting one our our columnists whilst working a lock, the danger of the mix of cyclists and pedestrians has been highlighted once again.