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Water taxi service on Kennet & Avon Canal

BOATER Richard Froud, has introduced a water taxi service on the Kennet & Avon Canal.

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Published: 17 June 2024

Was it a 'blown' cill?

IT WAS on Thursday of last week we were informed that Lock 73 on the Rochdale Canal was closed.

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Published: 17 June 2024

Work to start on canal cutting

WORK on a section of the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal and its towpath is finally due to start  in August.

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Published: 17 June 2024

Chaos on the Trent & Mersey Canal

I HOPE you will let boaters know that it is chaos on the Trent & Mersey Canal at the moment, writes George Grant.

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Published: 16 June 2024

Peak Forest Canal opens at long last

IT WAS way back on the 16th of August last year that Lock 7 on the Peak Forest Canal was closed for repairs.

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Published: 15 June 2024

Another Regents lock fails

FOLLOWING the failure of Hawley Lock on the Regents Canal, another has failed.

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Published: 15 June 2024

The lock balance beam bodge jobs

SEARCH the waterway internet material as I might, I could find no mention  of the obvious 'bodge jobs' done on lock balance beams, writes T Lang.

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Published: 14 June 2024

An unlucky 13th for stoppages

THURSDAY 13th June was very unlucky indeed for Canal & River Trust.

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Published: 14 June 2024

Dredging the locks on the Trent & Mersey Canal

THE Canal & River Trust is dredging several locks on the Trent & Mersey Canal between Burton-on-Trent and Kings Bromley to give boaters better passage.

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Published: 14 June 2024

Repairing lock gate balance beams

And still another method of gate beam repair, that had broken away, this time on Lock 17 on the North Stratford, with the photograph sent in by a boater.  But how long will it last?

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Published: 13 June 2024

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