A FOUR months project has begun to carry out essential maintenance to Netherton Tunnel, that is the link between the northern and southern Birmingham Canal Navigations.
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THE Wey & Arun Canal Trust has set itself another target to extend the waterway, this time to the Sussex/Surrey border.
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CANAL & RIVER TRUST has removed its £1.5m appeal to repair the breach of the Trent & Mersey Canal at Dutton Hollow, near Preston Brook, from the main donation page of its website, writes Allan Richards.
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WALKING along Woodseaves Cutting [Shropshire Union Canal.] on Wednesday I was impressed that both the canal and the towpath were pretty clear of the landslip debris described earlier, writes Sheila Halsall.
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IN RESPONSE to Graham Phillips' warning about a possible Inland Waterways Association whitewash, if lots of non-IWA boaters go to www.canalrivertrust.org.uk/consultations and respond, then the impact of any attempted whitewash will be reduced, writes Keith Gudgin.
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BOATERS are concerned about Vaughan Welch's suitability as a boaters representative on the Canal & River Trust council, in view of the furor concerning his 'spying' activities, with one, Graham Phillips, writing:
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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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