A TUG purchased from Canal & River Trust (CaRT) by the Shrewsbury and Newport Canals Trust (SNCT) will be used next year to tow a trip boat to raise funds for restoration.
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THE Wey & Arun Canal Trust have published a calendar for 2014 to help the Trust to raise funds, allowing people to enjoy a new view of the waterway every month.
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THE Amphibious landing craft, DUCKS, used as trip boats could be banned as there are problems affecting buoyancy, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) have discovered.
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THE Rochdale Canal has failed between Locks 6 and 7 at Mytholmroyd, near Bridge 10, with the waterway closed until further notice.
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Late last week, the last of the boats that had been craned-out after the collapse of Lock 12 on the Aylesbury Arm (Aylesbury Arm closed) were back at their moorings at Circus Field in Aylesbury.
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FIGURES recently provided by Canal & River Trust (CaRT) have confirmed that, in terms of maintenance spend, this year will be the worst to date for the waterways of England and Wales.
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BOATERS arriving at Castlefield Basin in Manchester, very rarely stay these days, it being littered with abandoned boats and detritus with one particular boat not above sinking another!
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SWANS are being targeted on the Thames in Windsor, with more following earlier reports. (Swan barbecued).
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AT THE moment the ecologists are in raptures at discovering water vole on the Cain Hill Flight on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Devizes.
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FOR 40 years the Waterways Recovery Group (WRG) has been undertaking sterling work on the restoration and maintenance of the canals, but has broken away from this traditional role to undertake resurfacing and widening of towpaths.
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