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Works starts on Cropredy Marina

WORK has now started on the construction of Cropredy Marina, that was approved earlier this year by Cherwell District Council.
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Published: 12 September 2012

Another lock house goes

AFTER the resident lock keeper left, with the position now redundant, the lock house at Atherstone Flight on the Coventry Canal became vacant.

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Published: 12 September 2012

Email: Ignore the rules

In reply to Simon Grindrod's email I would like to ask when it became okay to ignore the rules on the grounds that you can’t afford to comply with them?

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Published: 12 September 2012

The cost of enforcement

In referring to the cost of enforcement (Checking unlicenced boats—5/9/12) Mr Earley makes an analogy with the police that I have heard before, writes John Wilkinson.

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Published: 12 September 2012

Victor: I told you so!

SO I HAVE been proved right yet again!  This time over the Water Chariots debacle, that I warned was doomed to failure.

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Published: 09 September 2012

Aggressive boater

ON LEAVING Blackwater Meadow Marina near Ellesmere this morning, we proceeded towards Llangollen. However it was the Ellesmere Boating Weekend, so it was very busy, writes Peter Ponting.

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Published: 08 September 2012

The mooring problem

Let us look at the more difficult questions faced by waterways communities, not just in London but all over the network, writes Simon Grindrod.

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Published: 08 September 2012

Continuous moorers ousted

CONTINUOUS moorers, without a fixed mooring are to be ousted from their regularly used moorings in Islington on the Regents Canal.

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Published: 07 September 2012

CART blotted with red tape

A WATERWAYS operative of Canal & River Trust (CART) tells us he spends his time hanging around, and can't handle the lack of work and the red tape.

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Published: 07 September 2012

Three day beer festival

FANS of real ale will be welcomed to the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port in October when it hosts a three day beer festival.

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Published: 06 September 2012

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