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Victor discovers we're back to 'vandalism' again

IN THE PAST, problems with lock gates were often put down to vandalism.

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Published: 26 April 2025

'Appalling state' of Gloucester & Sharpness Canal bridge causing great concern

THE CONDITION of the Lower Hempsted Bridge on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal is causing great concern.

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Published: 25 April 2025

Take care on the Trent on Saturday

BOATERS ARE WARNED to take care if boating on the Trent between Nottingham and Newark this weekend.

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Published: 25 April 2025

And still they fail

STILL THEY FAIL?—it has to be a swing bridge. And it has to be on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 25 April 2025

Help save the Mon & Brec

THE FUTURE OF the 35 miles Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal has been threatened by new legislation.

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Published: 24 April 2025

Sunken boat blocks Fossdyke Navigation

YESTERDAY, Wednesday, there was notice of a sunken boat blocking the Fossdyke Navigation.

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Published: 24 April 2025

That was the Willow Tree Tea Room—that was!

—A VERY FIRM favourite with visitors and residents alike, us included, at Mercia Marina, was the Willow Tree Tea Room.

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Published: 24 April 2025

Nantwich moorings closed for six weeks

THE MOORINGS AND TOWPATH at Nantwich on the Shropshire Union Canal are to be closed.

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Published: 24 April 2025

£1.3 million cost of replacing gates used less than 10 times a year

THE YORK LOCK gates leading onto the Foss in York are to be replaced at a cost of £1.3 million.

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Published: 23 April 2025

Two swing bridges reopened

TWO OF THE broken swing bridges have been repaired with navigations reopened.

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Published: 23 April 2025

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