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Moorings on the Barge Canal

Moorings are being installed along the soon to be re-opened Barge Canal at Vines Park.

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Published: 07 July 2010

Stoppages coming thick and fast

IN ADDITION to the stoppages on Caen Hill and the Birmingham & Fazeley, more are coming thick and fast—lack of maintenance a primary cause.

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Published: 07 July 2010

Gravel run to Atherstone

THIS morning (Monday) seven Star Class historic working boats are loading up at Paddington Basin with 100 tons of gravel that needs to be transported up the Grand Union Canal to Atherstone just north of Birmingham, about 120 miles.

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Published: 05 July 2010

Girl tells of boater who fell in twice

THE girl who rescued the woman boater who fell in the waterway twice, as reported in narrowboatworld has now told what actually happened.

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Published: 05 July 2010

Cruising the Ship Canal

AS PART of the Bridgewater Motor Boat Club's cruise to support the Tom Rolt Centenary celebrations at Chester, 31 of its members brought their boats back along the Manchester Ship Canal.

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Published: 05 July 2010

Passes for eels

THE Environment Agency has built eel passes on the Nene, and Kyme Eau  to help the creatures migrate around flood defences.

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Published: 05 July 2010

The Weaver closed

HOT on the heels of the closure of the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal, comes news that the Weaver too is closed by a problem at Saltersford Lock.

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Published: 04 July 2010

Birmingham & Fazeley Canal breached

THE Birmingham & Fazeley Canal was closed on Friday (2nd July) with the long pound above Minworth Flight very low and unnavigable, after being breached.

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Published: 02 July 2010

All change for the Broads

FROM this month the Broads are re-branded as Britain's Magical Waterland!
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Published: 02 July 2010

Bodge job was not for moorings

THE bodge job by the contractors at Marple where they left debris  in the canal was not to improve moorings but the towpath!

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Published: 02 July 2010

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  • £10,000 reward for information concerning baby found dead in canal
  • More bodies in rivers
  • Trapped at Skipton
  • Not just closures through lack of water
  • Planted hedge is dead
  • 'Leak' closes Shropshire Union Canal
  • Hire companies suffering with boats trapped in closed canals
  • Macclesfield and Peak Forest flights to be closed
  • Water can be unpredictable tell Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service
  • Canal water quickly lost to the river
  • The sun didn't always shine...
  • Canal Hub wins Green Flag number 9
  • Grounding advice from River Canal Rescue
  • Leicester Section to close from Watford to Leicester
  • Multiple closures on Oxford Canal
  • Grantham Canal Produce Fair
  • Canal & River Trust failing to get basics right
  • From overgrown to biodiverse wetlands—the restoration of Coney Meadow
  • Rally to help Bridgewater breach repair
  • Society gives veterans narrowboats

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