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All have to live with a change in maintenance responsiveness

OF COURSE, every boater wants any obstacle to full navigation either to be pre-empted by preventative maintenance or to be repaired as close to instantaneously as physically possible. And why not? Asks Mike Todd.

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Published: 07 December 2022

Stoppages so far this week

THERE have been just two stoppages so far this week.

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Published: 07 December 2022

It had to happen

A WOMAN has lost her life after being hit by a speeding cyclist on the Thames towpath.

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Published: 07 December 2022

Winter stoppages removed

THOUGH a six weeks stoppage on the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal has been added to winter stoppages, two have been removed.

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Published: 07 December 2022

Leakage causes another winter stoppage

A BADLY leaking bank on the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal has caused it to be added to the winter stoppages.

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Published: 07 December 2022

Going backwards now!

THE Canal & River Trust have perhaps discovered a new way of handling stoppages—doing them backwards!

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Published: 07 December 2022

Can't blame trust for contractors and tendering

WHILE I agree with Victor that putting the maintenance of the waterways in the hands of contractors was the worst decision ever, I cannot wholly blame Canal & River Trust for that decision, writes Giles Williams.

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Published: 05 December 2022

No decent and timely repairs being done

AGREE with you, Canal & River Trust are clearly unable to get anyone to do decent and timely repairs, writes Alan Baker.

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Published: 05 December 2022

Cancelled work closes waterway

THERE was work scheduled for last winter to replace lock gates that was cancelled.

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Published: 05 December 2022

Chesterfield Canal walks

THE Chesterfield Canal Trust has published a book of walks along and around the waterway.

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Published: 05 December 2022

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Latest

  • Boaters in limbo after marina forced to go into liquidation
  • Canal to be closed for a month
  • A new event at Banbury
  • Works not finished in time for Easter
  • Restrictions on the Rochdale Canal to save water
  • Possible boatyard for Oxford after 20 years
  • Four paddle failures already this month
  • De-wintering tips from River Canal Rescue
  • Smoke control comes into force for narrowboats in Bimingham
  • Three stoppages still ongoing
  • EA stops Bristol Floating Harbour funding
  • Braunston Customer Service Facility now closed
  • Marsworth Flight reopened
  • Stoppages on Rochdale and Tame Valley canals
  • Another paddle failure
  • Another broken paddle on the Rochdale Canal
  • Environment Agency clearing more abandoned boats off the Thames
  • Attack just off the Coventry Canal towpath
  • Another mile of the Stroudwater Canal in water
  • Ripon takes the record

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