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Another one all sorted at Orph's yard

IT WAS if I'd been given a birthday present when I saw the contribution last month from Orph Mable, actually dated on my birthday!, writes Geoff Smith.

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Published: 21 May 2020

Environmental Agency is waking up

THE Environmental Agency is telling its boaters that it will 'get people boating as soon as we can'.

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Published: 21 May 2020

Not in the real world

THE boater Martin Howes who must either not be using his boat or in a marina with facilities is not in the real world of continuous cruisers, writes James Henry.

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Published: 20 May 2020

Hypocrites or what?

THE National Bargee Travellers Association 'demand closure of overcrowded towpaths after lockdown easing', writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 20 May 2020

Living with coronavirus and the future of the waterways

IT IS hard to find any good news in living the new normal, writes Stewart Griffin.

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Published: 20 May 2020

Sanity checking data

WHEN I was an engineering apprentice in the last century, we had no calculators(!), and we used slide rules for calculations instead, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 20 May 2020

'Bargees' demand closure of overcrowded towpaths after lockdown easing

THE National Bargee Travellers Association (NBTA) has at last taken action against the continued use of narrow towpaths of less that the width required for distancing, telling us:

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Published: 19 May 2020

'Going to hell in a handcart'

YOUR article about the resumption of cruising is a little downbeat, writes Martin Howes.

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Published: 19 May 2020

Boat allowed to sink in the mire

WHEN Gregory Martin booked a mooring for his cruiser at Redhill Marina he understood it would be safe.

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Published: 19 May 2020

Futile act ruined the grass

I took a photogrph in the pouring rain on the way to Nantwich last year, writes Brian Jarrett.

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Published: 19 May 2020

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