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A boaters' pub

THE Jolly Boatman at Thrupp on the Oxford Canal will soon be a proper boaters pub, when boater Andrew Cannon completes its canal theme.

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Published: 08 February 2010

A very cold start

Despite very mixed weather over the weekend of 30th/31st January the Shropshire Union Canal Society had a good turnout of volunteers to  its first work party of the year, writes Paul Mills.

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Published: 08 February 2010

More pink poo

RANGERS on the Grand Western Canal towpath are now spraying dog faeces with pink paint to try and combat the increasing problem of owners failing to clean up after their dogs.

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Published: 05 February 2010

No decision on marina

PLANNING permission  for the controversial plans for the new marina at Soudley on the Shropshire Union Canal is still being withheld.

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Published: 05 February 2010

Still more towpath knife attacks

THOUGH people have been warned to keep away from the Regent's Canal towpath after dark, the advice is being ignored, with dire consequences.

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Published: 05 February 2010

Otters back in the Soar

FOR the first time in around 30 years, an otter has been seen in the Soar near Leicester.

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Published: 04 February 2010

Audlem—the place to be stuck

MANY boaters have been frozen-in recently, but one pair believe the best place to be stuck is Audlem.

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Published: 04 February 2010

Council getting tough with moorers

SUCH is the problem with the ever increasing number of boats moored on the Cam in Cambridge that Cambridge City Council is considering moving boats off part of the river.

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Published: 04 February 2010

Easier to repair

A NEW agreement will make it easier to maintain and  repair Foxton Locks on the Grand Union Canal.

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Published: 03 February 2010

Don't moor near trees!

BOATER Bernard Richardson, mooring on the Llangollen, now wishes he hadn't moored under a tree, as it fell and damanged his narrowboat.

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Published: 03 February 2010

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