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1000th passenger raising funds

THE Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust's community boat launched at the start of the summer, on the River Great Ouse, has just carried its 1000th passenger.

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Published: 05 September 2013

Diesel prices a hot subject

SINCE including the email concerning the excessive diesel prices on the Llangollen Canal, (Diesel profiteering) we have receive a huge amount of correspondence concerning its wide range of prices.

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Published: 05 September 2013

Email: Diesel profiteering?

The price of Red Diesel on the Llangollen Canal by the ABC Leisure marinas is nothing short of disgraceful.

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Published: 04 September 2013

Historic forge to be lit

As part of this year's Heritage Open Days and Ellesmere Festival the Canal & River Trust (CaRT) will be relighting the historic forge within the waterway yard.

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Published: 04 September 2013

Mercia celebrates five years

MERCIA Marina is holding its biggest annual family festival this weekend to coincide with its 5th anniversary celebrations.

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Published: 04 September 2013

Hydro scheme helps Cotswold Canals

THE Cotswold Canals Trust and the Stroud Valleys Canal Company, working together in a joint project, have completed their hydro electric scheme at Dudbridge.

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Published: 04 September 2013

Three more canal closures

THIS time it is one of the two boats sharing Lock 41 that had lifted the coping stones, so once again Caen Hill Flight was closed to navigation just a few days after it was reopened after a gate was dislodged.

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Published: 04 September 2013

Beware of Giant Hogweed

FROM time to time we learn of Giant Hogweed by canal towpaths (Poisonous plant back in the canals) that is poisonous to humans.

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Published: 02 September 2013

Another mile for Grantham

WORK to replace the lower gates at Lock 18 at Woolsthorpe-by-Belvoir has now been completed by volunteers, ensuring that the navigable stretch of the Grantham Canal from the A1 to Woolsthorpe can be further extended by nearly a mile.

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Published: 02 September 2013

Business licensing review

IT APPEARS that the focus of Canal & River Trust (CaRT) currently, is a major review of the licensing, charging and managing of the thousand plus boating related businesses within its bailiwick, writes Orph Mable.

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Published: 02 September 2013

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