I can understand the worry and frustration expressed by those who have put so much into opening the Chesterfield Canal to navigation, with more to follow, that the HS2 proposed development might prevent, writes Mike Todd.
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A NARROWBOAT sank in Batchworth Lock on the Grand Union Canal on Monday afternoon, when its tiller became caught on the lock gate, Roger Fox tells us.
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THE North East Derbyshire MP Natascha Engel, believes the proposed building of the High Speed Rail link (HS2) could stop the restoration of the Chesterfield Canal.
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THE rubbish that is causing concern along the Aylesbury Arm by Tesco in the town, has not been deposited by boaters at the nearby moorings.
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THE Big Lock pub, so named as being beside the Big Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Middlewich, is open for business again in time for the boating season.
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STUNG by criticism from Waterways World readers in its January edition (Interview rebounded—18th December), Canal & River Trust Chairman Tony Hales has corrected what he said at the Trust's first annual meeting, writes Allan Richards.
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LIKE Victor, I have been rather surprised by the vitriolic response to CaRT's mooring consultation. Like a good boy I read it through, and because a lot of the sites are well known to me, I sent in comments and volunteered to attend one of the workshops they are going to hold.
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THE article published by our Victor Swift has certainly raised the matter of the continuous moorers once again, so for just today, the embargo is being lifted and the emails included:
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FOLLOWING hard on the footsteps of the National Association of Boat Owners and the Residential Boat Owners Association that the proposed draconian mooring rules be deferred, the London Boaters Group have now joined in the general condemnation:
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THERE will be no military themed floating pub on the Thames as it has been refused planning permission for its inappropriate style.
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