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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

A good solution

AFTER two years trading Smokie Joe's bird cowls are being spotted more often on the waterways as a solution to back draught in wood burning stoves.

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Published: 02 September 2013

BBC takes up the 'overgrown' campaign

THE campaign to make the Southern Oxford Canal a safer place for boating started in narrowboatworld (Neglected South Oxford) has been taken up by BBC News Oxford.

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Published: 01 September 2013

Victor: Unhappy bunnies

AT THE moment our illustrious editor Thomas and colleague Jan are somewhat unhappy bunnies, being nearly a thousand quid poorer for something that was mostly left to be resorted.

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Published: 01 September 2013

David: K&A paddle gear

TONY Brooks makes a valid point about the gearbox paddle gear on the Kennet & Avon; it often does stick so that you cannot drop the paddles in an emergency.

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Published: 31 August 2013

K&A reopens

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) pulled out all the stops to repair the lock gate on Caen Hill Flight that closed the flight, after a hire boat lifted the gate out.

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Published: 30 August 2013

Narrowboat thief caught

THE man that police forces throughout the country want to speak to in regard to narrowboat burglaries (Search for narrowboat thief) has at last been apprehended.

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Published: 30 August 2013

The Hot Tug—a new venture

The ‘Hot Tug', launched during August by the Runnymede-on-Thames Hotel is certainly something different—a real hot tub for guests, that's floating on the Thames.

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Published: 30 August 2013

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