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Two more boat fires

AUGUST is seemingly the month for boat fires, with two already destroyed.


The one in Brian Holmes' picture is at bridge 27 on the Shropshire Union Canal near High Onn, with it clearly completely burnt out this month.

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Published: 21 August 2010

New base doing well

THE new base of Oxfordshire Narrowboats at Bradford on Avon on the Kennet & Avon Canal is appealing to narrowboat owners as well as holiday boaters.

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Published: 14 August 2010

Suggestions for Sustrans

EVENTUALLY getting a cycling safety leaflet from Sustrans, boater Kathryn Dodington was amazed to find there was no reference whatsoever concerning cycling on towpaths.

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Published: 13 August 2010

Braunston—definitely a no-go area

BOATER Graham Phillips just managed to get his boat into the last space at Braunston one day last week at 2pm, yet by 5pm he tells us it was completely deserted!

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Published: 13 August 2010

Maintenance on closed Leeds & Liverpool

BRITISH Waterways have confirmed that it is taking the opportunity of the closed Leeds & Liverpool Canal to bring forward its scheduled winter work.

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Published: 12 August 2010

No cash for Bradley Arm

IT HAS been announced this week that there will be no cash to open up the Bradley Arm on the BCN.

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Published: 12 August 2010

Ashby extended

A FURTHER length of the Ashby Canal has been restored, and in now in water awaiting its official opening.

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Published: 12 August 2010

Cycle facilities

MOST of us realise that British Waterways is going flat-out to convert towpaths to cycle tracks, but of course those cyclists must be given somewhere to secure their bikes.

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Published: 12 August 2010

Speedboat engine exploded

THREE men sought the safety of the waters of the canal at the weekend when the engine of their speedboat exploded.

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Published: 11 August 2010

New horse-friendly bridge

WORK on a new horse-friendly bridge is starting this week at Dutton Locks across the Weaver, as part of the Sustrans network.

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Published: 11 August 2010

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