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Sticky fuel—a problem for boaters

IT WAS last summer that River Canal Rescue highlighted the problem of sticky fuel and how this was causing an uncharacteristic peak in fuel-related component breakdowns not linked to diesel bug.

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Published: 05 January 2023

Boaters share their experience with RCR of sticky fuel

RIVER Canal Rescue have incuded the experience of two boaters with the sticky fuel:

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Published: 05 January 2023

Keeping up the trend

THREE days into the new year and three stoppages are keeping up the past trend of a stoppage a day!

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Published: 04 January 2023

Keeping the flight full

AS MANY boaters know, the Marsworth Flight is often short of water.

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Published: 02 January 2023

Extensive search by Bridgewater Canal for missing man

A GREAT deal of effort is being put into the search for a man who went missing on the 28th December in Salford.

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Published: 02 January 2023

Not a good start to the New Year

IT LOOKS like being 'business as usual' with a broken lock stoppage bringing in the New Year.

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Published: 01 January 2023

Waterways at a standstill

FROM the accounts of boaters and particularly continuous cruisers, the waterways are virtually at a standstill at present.

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Published: 31 December 2022

Learning about the waterways

I HAVE been meaning to put my thoughts in writing and the holidays have given me the opportunity writes Jeff Wright.

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Published: 31 December 2022

A boost for the Lichfield restoration

THOUGH it was possibly seen as if the Lichfield restoration had fallen by the wayside, this isn't so.

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Published: 30 December 2022

Campaigning for the 'forgotten' pensioners

IT WAS in early November that our Keith Gudgin brought in the Express to highlight the problems of rising costs for continuous cruiser pensioners. 

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Published: 28 December 2022

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