IT REALLY is a non-starter attempting to steal a narrowboat in this age of the internet, for straight away literally thousands of pairs of eyes can be on the look out—and of course there are no hiding places.
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I continue to be dismayed when reading details about that Chesterfield Canal emergency and the CaRT 'emergency' number!
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THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) report on the South East Visitor Consultation suggests that they were taken aback by the hostility with which many boaters responded, writes Allan Richards.
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THERE have been two waterway rescues over the past few days, with one an 86 years old cyclist and the other a drunk.
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THOUGH 999 has served us well for a very long time, Once dialled when you get through you have to explain the nature of the problem and location. You have to be accurate with location, writes Maffi.
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THE article in narrowboatworld (Cart emergency service) concerning the man who fell into the Chesterfield Canal and caused a furore about the emergency telephone number, has created more questions, to which its original author, Mick Fitzgibbons explains:
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THE stolen boat, Samshiba, would not have been recognised by the lock keepers as Steve Hayes tells us it had travelled with a different licence and name.
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IF YOU read the full report [South East moorings] published last week, Jeff Whyatt, carefully I thought, said he had received many verbal and written comments about moorings, writes Jan Swatridge.
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So 'nobody in CaRT received a single complaint during 2011 or 2012 regarding difficulty in finding a mooring'? Asks Kevin McNiff.
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THE narrowboat Samshiba that was stolen from its moorings at Kegworth on the Soar has been found, repainted and with other alterations—on the Fossdyke.
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