A STRANGE boat indeed, with 36ft Olympic rings now cruising the Thames to advertise the Olympic Games.
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REGULAR readers will be well aware of the long running controversy over speeding cyclists on the Regents Canal towpath and pedestrians, with British Waterways now coming up with its 'solution' that is considered flawed and misguided.
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BOATERS would be wise to give many parts of the Grand Union Canal a miss this year, with British Waterways admitting there will be drastic restrictions, including stoppages, owing to lack of water.
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THE Hotel boat Lady Teal is to feature in episode five of ITV programme The Dales, filmed as it cruised through the the Dales, on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.
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A COURT case held in early November has established that British Waterways infringed a boaters human rights.
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THERE is great objection to the Inland Waterways Association putting forward so many candidates for election for the Canal & River Trust.
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IT ALL seems a bit rich [Simon Robbins article Hostility towards organisation candidates] coming from NABO whose candidate, Stephen Peters, is slagging off the non British Marine Federation candidates in the Boating Business constituency on his Blog, writes Graham Phillips.
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MORE used to working boats and the like, the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port will be downsizing next weekend with model boats.
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I'VE BEEN slightly bemused by the apparent widespread hostility towards representatives of the established boater organisations being elected to the Canal & River Trust Council and would like to offer some personal thoughts on this, writes National Association of Boat Owners (NABO) Vice Chairman Simon Robbins.
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CONCERNING the matter of rental income paid by British Waterways Marinas Ltd (BWML) to British Waterways, that was aired in narrowboatworld, this was 657k in marina rents in the last financial year, writes Philip Ridal, British Waterways Finance Director.
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