THE Kennet & Avon Canal Trust is hoping to renovate its headquarters at Devizes Wharf but needs £1 million for the work required.
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IT WAS confirmed this morning (Wednesday 22nd August) that a team of experts at a leading British lubricants company has come up with an environmentally friendly solution to keep transport on and off the Manchester Ship Canal running smoothly.
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PROVISION is being made for the horse-drawn traditional narrowboat Ilkeston to get through Camden, notwithstanding the towpath closure, Lester May writes.
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A hirer stepping off her boat tripped and broke her leg over the week-end and had to be taken to hospital, Jackie Brown tells us.
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Having taken a holiday on your Trent & Mersey Canal and gone through those locks stated, I can confirm that they made the holiday my wife and myself took very difficult indeed and really no pleasure.
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THE 100 years old horse drawn narrowboat Ilkeston is making a 200 miles journey from Ellesmere Port to London, and will pass through Camden Town this Thursday 23rd August, an event not seen locally for some fifty years, Lester May writes:
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FOLLOWING on from four successful prosecutions by the Environment Agency in May, another owner of an unregistered boat has paid the price, writes Roger Fox.
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While waiting at the top of Anderton Lift holding point for our trip down yesterday, the guy clearing us for descent was asked by a member of the public if they could take their dog down to the exterior picnic site while they viewed the lift in operation.
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PROPERTY consultancy Colliers International is calling for the transfer of British Waterways into Canal & River Trust to signal a re-incorporation of the canal and river network into the nation's infrastructure.
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I WAS not in the least surprised at our Allan Richards' report of so many boats sinking in locks, which much surely be down to the complete lack of proper lock tuition.
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