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Visitor moorings taken over

HERE on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal virtually all the visitor moorings on this canal at the bridges plus permanent mooring sites are being used as winter moorings, writes Amy Dickerson.

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Published: 03 October 2012

Email: Easily funded

The breach at the Trent & Mersey Canal, which CaRT are desperately seeking funds to repair through donations could be easily funded.

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Published: 03 October 2012

Email: Will not give

I will not give anything to this breach appeal, as just like most other boaters, I pay cruising, mooring and insurance while on a fixed income.

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Published: 03 October 2012

Email: Confused over breach statement

May I draw attention to the statement made by  CART regarding the appeal for donations to pay for the Trent & Mersey Canal breach?

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Published: 03 October 2012

Email: Given cash

I read your piece. I'm a boater. I've given my donation—through the website with Gift Aid attached. Friends of mine (boaters and ex boaters) have also given.

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Published: 01 October 2012

Thames narrowboat sinking

THE narrowboat that sank in the tidal Thames as reported in narrowboatworld was just taken possession of by its new owner, who was moving it to a new berth, and sank as its engine room vent was too low, allowing water to flood in.

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Published: 01 October 2012

Boater drowns after falling

A BOATER drowned after he fell off his narrowboat whilst moored on the Witham in Boston, Alan Tilbury reports.
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Published: 01 October 2012

Email: How much more?

Good grief—I've just paid them over £800, plus over £2,000 to the marina—how much more will they want?

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Published: 01 October 2012

Email: The cheek of it!

When I read your story of CaRT wanting people to pay for the breaches on the Trent & Mersey I had to look at the calendar to make sure it wasn't 1st April.

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Published: 01 October 2012

Quarter of a million

FOR the first time our server has registered over quarter of a million visits to narrowboatworld within a month—253,853 within September.

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Published: 01 October 2012

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