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The state of the waterways

IT WAS Frederick R Barnard who stated 'One picture is worth 10,000 words', so here are five pictures taken within a few miles of the Trent & Mersey Canal, clearly showing the state of the waterways.

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Published: 05 September 2012

Broads campaign launched

A CAMPAIGN to encourage visitors to raise funds for special projects that will benefit the Broads  has been launched today, Wednesday.

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Published: 05 September 2012

Checking unlicenced boats

Having come back from holiday, I've been shown Paul Ponting's post of 16th August regarding unlicenced boats, write Canal & River Trust  Enforcement Operations Manager, Paul Griffin.

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Published: 05 September 2012

Email: Simple answer

Your correspondent Simon Grindod (Ridiculous Mooring Prices—30th August) asks how what he calls 'continuous cruisers' can avoid becoming 'nuisance moorers' when the price of permanent moorings in the London area is so high.

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Published: 05 September 2012

We're alright Jack!

NOT only are continuous moorers attracted to 48 hour and 14 day mooring sites but they are increasingly keen to stay on water points. On our recent journey from Stone to London we have encountered two notable examples, writes Roger Fox.

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Published: 05 September 2012

Proper rond anchor

OUR 'man from the Fens', Kelvin Alexander-Duggan, being both a sailor and inland boater, has some interesting comment about the rond anchor that was featured in narrowboatworld.

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Published: 03 September 2012

Dangerous boating

YOU see some funny things out on the water. I am currently at Thrupp and here all things, good and bad, about boating can be seen every day of the week, writes Maffi.

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Published: 03 September 2012

Two bodies found

TWO bodies, believed to by those of the parents of a 13 years old girl alone on a boat have been discovered by police on the Norfolk Broads.

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Published: 03 September 2012

Emergency slipway for Severn

WITH the recent spate of boats getting into difficulties and drownings in the Severn, a new emergency slipway will come into use this week at Tewkesbury.

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Published: 03 September 2012

Another section opened

ANOTHER section of the Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal has been opened, giving a further mile of waterway to Vineyard Hill.

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Published: 03 September 2012

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