FOLLOWING the revelation (IWA disowns Welch—narrowboatworld 25/1/2013) that Jo Gilbertson, had a wager with a boater that 80% of those without home moorings were continuous moorers, he has been in touch to say that he was unable to substantiate his claim, writes Allan Richards.
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I HAVE just read Allan's latest article, and it confirmed something that I already suspected. That is, the Milton Keynes branch of the Inland Waterways Association is up to its neck in, if not the originator of, this whole Spygate scandal! Writes Martin Brooks.
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NOMINATIONS are being invited for the recipient of the John Gould Award 2012 by the Kennet & Avon Canal Trust.
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THE Inland Waterways association is distancing itself from trustee Vaughan Welch following the IWA spy scandal, writes Allan Richards.
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THE Open Day at Marsworth Locks on the Grand Union Canal was a good idea, and enjoyed by many, Tug Wilson writes.
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IT NEEDED two fire crews from Bingley and Keighley to refloat a sunken narrowboat at Dowley Gap on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal on Thursday.
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THERE is a call from Canal & River Trust calling on people who 'use the Regent's Canal to take care of the environment and stop dumping their household rubbish on the towpath'.
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THE Open Day planned at Dowley Gap Aqueduct on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal for this coming Sunday (27th) has been postponed following the excess snow fall in the area.
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CANAL & River Trust should get the same protection as the National Trust if they are now the same. The trouble is they not the same (they should be, but they are not), writes Mick Poyser.
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A FLOATING village could be constructed in Grangemouth on the Forth & Clyde Canal as part of a multi-millions pound investment in Scotland's canals.
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