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Vale Royal shambles

MANY boaters are confused by the ongoing restrictions through Royal Vale Lock on the Weaver, which is a complete shambles.

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Published: 02 September 2010

New 21 miles cruising ring

THE completion of the Barge Canal  will see the first boat on the waterway in 80 years next Monday.

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Published: 02 September 2010

British Waterways grants to be slashed

IT WAS announced today (Wednesday) by the  Government that its grants to British Waterways will be drastically reduced.

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Published: 01 September 2010

Saturn for Maesbury

THE last horse-drawn Shropshire Union Canal Fly-boat in the world, Saturn has arrived on the Montgomery Canal to be one of the main exhibits at the Maesbury Canal Festival.

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Published: 01 September 2010

Mon & Brec closed again

ANOTHER breach has once again closed the Mon & Brec Canal, with the waterway planked-off.

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Published: 01 September 2010

Boaters missed the canal

A CREW of seven boaters ended up well and truly stuck  in their narrowboat on the Trent as they missed the entrance to the Trent & Mersey Canal at Derwent Mouth.

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Published: 01 September 2010

Raising the money

THOUGH more than £20,000 is needed to carry out essential repairs to ensure the future of the historic ex-working narrowboat Sculptor, £12,000 has been raised.

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Published: 30 August 2010

IWA cash for restoration

THE Inland Waterways Association has given cash to help the restoration of the Wey & Arun Canal.
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Published: 30 August 2010

Buy a section of piling

A UNIQUE scheme has been devised by the Ashby Canal Association—an appeal for people to buy a section of piling.

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Published: 27 August 2010

Van dumped in canal

AFTER stealing a van, the thieves took off the handbrake and pushed it into the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Blackburn yesterday (Thursday).

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Published: 27 August 2010

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  • At last—Atherstone Flight open
  • Whitchurch Breach progress report
  • Canal & River Trust help boatyard to survive
  • Grantham Canal Society to start on restoration of another lock
  • Workers break into roof of tunnel closing navigation
  • Chesterfield Canal Trust at Staveley:
  • Lock closures on the Thames
  • Two weeks of failures
  • Concrete barriers to protect Wrenbury Lift Bridge
  • Warnings to boat owners as 70mph winds set to hit Britain  
  • Irony personified?
  • Now 100 more boats trapped
  • Navigations closed and reopened
  • The Whitchurch embankment failure
  • Two waterways have long term stoppages
  • No access to Ripon Marina—again
  • Base layer of breach completed—then dug up!
  • Movement of boats stopped on the Grand Union summit
  • Straight to the nitty-gritty of the accounts
  • Worry of breach at Nantwich

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