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The 'Wink' on the blink yet again

THE Winkwell Swing Bridge on the Grand Union is on the blink again.

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Published: 22 June 2022

A Weaver swing bridge repaired

IT IS good news for the 'Ghost Ship', Danny, giving trips on the Weaver from Anderton Boat Lift.

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Published: 22 June 2022

A new bard of the Avon

The Avon’s new Poet Laureate, admits she was lost for words when the Warwickshire river’s guardians, Avon Navigation Trust offered her the role of her life.

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Published: 22 June 2022

Fourth stoppage for Rochdale Canal this month

THE failure of a pump supplying water to the Rochdale Canal has resulted in the canal's fourth stoppage this month.

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Published: 22 June 2022

Low water levels at Derwent Mouth

MAYBE the low water levels at the Shardlow end of the Trent & Mersey are due to inadequate maintenance, rather than the level of the Trent (which looks to be at a normal 'summer' level)? Writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 20 June 2022

Massive refurbishment over Tame Valley Canal

THERE is a £59m refurbishment planned for the A38(M) over the Tame Valley that looks likely to cause stoppages.

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Published: 20 June 2022

Protest Picnic on the Lee Navigation

THE National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) has organised a Protest Picnic to futher its campaign to resist  Canal & River Trust's 'attacks on the capital’s liveaboard boating community.'

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Published: 20 June 2022

John Coxon on the Boaters' Update

CaRT really are scraping the bottom of the barrel with this weeks' self-congratulatory comic they like to call The Boaters Update writes John Coxon.

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Published: 19 June 2022

Two metre hole in Leeds & Liverpool Canal bed

A CULVERT has collapsed leaving a two metre hole in a canal bed that looks like being another long stoppage.

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Published: 18 June 2022

Fun and games on the Weaver

IT'S ALL fun and games down on the Weaver, writes David Collins.

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Published: 18 June 2022

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  • Increasingly problems with certain categories of people living on boats
  • Continuous cruising licence is totally unsuitable
  • Man rescued from Weaver
  • Number of closures reported
  • Limited winter use of Foxton and Watford flights
  • John Coxon asks what the hell did they expect?
  • Fundraising Director for Canal & River Trust
  • Article two from the National Bargee Travellers Association
  • Santa takes to the Thames
  • Digbeth Branch still closed
  • Massive development by Bridgewater Canal
  • Lock with void attended to yesterday
  • GPS tracking devices for boats is latest Canal & River Trust proposal
  • Still no information on North Stratford Canal void and Staff & Worcs closed
  • Canal warehouse turned into café
  • Diesel spillage taking weeks to clear
  • Vandals knock lift bridge off its mountings!
  • Happiest town to live in the UK is by a canal
  • Lancaster Canal has most bridge strikes
  • Sunken houseboat to be removed

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