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Email: Turning a blind eye?

I have just replied to an article in the forum about people dumping their boats by the towpath to save marina fees, telling about one I noticed.

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Published: 30 August 2012

Liverpool Link restriction

THERE is feeling amongst boaters that the limit of only 18 boats a week allowed into Liverpool along the Liverpool Link is not enough, and hardly does justice to the cost of creating the waterway.

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Published: 30 August 2012

Email: Camouflage boat

We moor on the Trent & Mersey close to Derwent Mouth Lock where the  camouflage boat has been seen in this vicinity for many months, this includes, Cranfleet Cut, Erewash Canal and Trent & Mersey canal.

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Published: 30 August 2012

Trying to close the Basingstoke?

The two county councils responsible for the upkeep of the Basingstoke Canal have mounted a survey that bodes ill for the future of the waterway.

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Published: 30 August 2012

First narrowboat in Surrey

THIS coming Saturday (1st September) sees the first narrowboat into Surrey on the restored Wey & Arun Canal.

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Published: 29 August 2012

Canal goes green

NOT the normal 'green' liked by so many, but the actual green of pea soup—parts of the Lancaster Canal at the moment.

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Published: 29 August 2012

New canal festival

AGAINST the trend of canal festivals closing, Burnley is presenting its new canal festival in early September.

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Published: 29 August 2012

Email: No training

We have just come down the Five Rise Flight [Bingley] of locks on the Leeds & Liverpool.

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Published: 29 August 2012

Successful 'over-staying' prosecution

TWO boat owners have been successfully prosecuted for over-staying on 48 hours moorings—but alas not by Canal & River Trust.

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Published: 27 August 2012

No consideration for others

THE attitude by some boaters on the waterways has worsened considerably over the past few years, with some having no consideration for others, as our contributor Peter Ponting confirms:

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Published: 27 August 2012

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