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Oxford Canal lift bridge fails again

AUBREY'S Lift Bridge (221) on the Oxford Canal has failed again.

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Published: 25 March 2022

Works starts on Dudley No 2 restoration

THE Mayor of the West Midlands, Andy Street, has started the project to build a new winding hole to enable boats to enter the restored Dudley No 2 Canal.

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Published: 25 March 2022

No hurry with Ripon lock repair

THOUGH there was a system of allowing boaters through the closed Oxclose Lock on the Ripon Canal, it was not well operated, we were told.

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Published: 24 March 2022

Chesterfield Canal Trust gets £5.3 millions

THE Chesterfield Canal Trust is delighted to have been awarded £5.3m from the Staveley Towns Fund.

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Published: 24 March 2022

Not joined-up thinking

ONE boater believes that there is not joined-up thinking regarding the Anderton Lift and the Weaver.

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Published: 24 March 2022

Keeping boats moving—on an empty pound!

THE Canal & River Trust really mean to keep boats moving these days—even when no water in the pound!

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Published: 24 March 2022

No more running on towpaths says doctor

A DOCTOR, desperately attempting to avoid a fast cyclist on the towpath fell into Limehouse Cut.

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Published: 24 March 2022

Varied capacity of reservoirs

The latest water holdings published by CaRT in its latest published Reservoir Watch table are either good news or bad news depending on where you are boating, writes Roger Fox.

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Published: 24 March 2022

Victor discovers the 'Bargees' have dropped themselves in it

I RECKON that the National Bargees Travellers Association have well and truly dropped themselves in it, showing their true colours.

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Published: 20 March 2022

Continuous cruiser licence means cruising continuously

I'VE TOLD it before and I've been slated for it, which I expect will happen again here. If you buy a continuous cruiser licence then cruise continuously! Writes John Coxon.

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Published: 19 March 2022

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  • 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
  • I don't believe it! tells Victor
  • Another mile of the Stroudwater Canal in water

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