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Olympic trip rip-off

EVEN the local MP has complained about the high fares on the trip boat taking passengers between Limehouse to the Olympic Park during the games.

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Published: 18 May 2012

Looking good for GU

THE water situation on the summit level of the Grand Union is looking good, with the reservoirs well up after the rain.

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Published: 17 May 2012

Cruise the Chesterfield

HERE'S the chance to cruise the Chesterfield Canal—but not the normal eastern end but the full length of the restored western end.

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Published: 17 May 2012

Leaking stove caused death

THE death of a boater at Salterforth Wharf on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal was caused by carbon monoxide fumes an inquest has heard.

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Published: 17 May 2012

Is it me?

IS IT ME, or is this CART thing starting to get a little ‘woolly'? Asks Orph Mable.
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Published: 17 May 2012

Email: Risk assessment

I would dearly love to see the Risk Assessment for the new guillotine on the Staffs & Worcs.

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Published: 17 May 2012

'Guillotine' RSJ to be removed

SUCH was the furore caused by the narrowboatworld warnings of the dangers of the RSJ  installed at neck height on Falling Sands Lock that it is to be removed.

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Published: 17 May 2012

Safety of boat crews

BRITISH Waterways has been the guardian of our canal heritage for the past 60 years. Latterly it has insisted that it has the responsibility to keep structures as close as possible to the state in which they were first built, writes Mike Stone.

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Published: 16 May 2012

Email: Doing it right

We left our moorings at Ventnor Farm Marina and went through Calcutt Locks where we shared a lock with first time hirers from Calcutt Boats.

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Published: 16 May 2012

Not a national treasure

At the moment I'm visiting friends in Kent, so being allowed to log on to the site and reading about the 98% lark, I asked them if they believed the canals a national treasure, writes James Henry.

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Published: 16 May 2012

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Latest

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  • Two more closures on Monday
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  • Bar Lane Swing Bridge stil closed
  • Rochdale closed
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  • Closed Thames bridge replacement will not start until 2027
  • Chesterfield Canal Trust's Big Gift Appeal running now
  • Restoration work paused on Anderton Boat Lift as 'unaffordable' until 2027

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