As a responsible hire boat operator, we always tell people not to cruise in the dark—our phrase is 'you are absolutely forbidden to cruise in the dark, so don't do it. If you have an accident our insurance won't cover you and the whole cost will be on your heads', writes Linda Andrews.
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BOATERS cruising the Leeds & Liverpool Canal through Wigan have reported that the coal tippler at Wigan Pier is in danger of falling into the canal.
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THE first operation of a new cruise route on the Wey & Arun Canal has proved a hit with visitors with almost every place on the trips that ran on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd September sold out.
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THE people in Canal & River Trust who need valuable boating experience are the directors and some of the general managers, writes Kevin McNiff.
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LAST Sunday night as the last of the light was fading a hire boat came past. My thoughts were ‘too fast', but that is bye the bye, he should never have been travelling in the dark, writes Maffi.
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TIME and time again it is being shown that the Gloucester Quays development was a bad decision, with now the Travelodge facing closure.
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THE New Inn at Long Buckby Wharf is closed once again—the second time in a few months.
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I have just read the two pieces published today, one about the reasons continuous cruisers choose to live aboard and one about residential boat dwellers paying council tax.
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One of the problems is that many of the lock houses are in a poor state of repair, and lack the kind of modern amenities which potential tenants expect nowadays.
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This episode regarding activity at Curdworth Lock 11 began several years ago, which is when I became interested and started taking photographs of the goings on, writes Ralph Freeman.
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