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The real reason for the reluctance to close the towpaths

THERE is obviously a great reluctance on the part of Canal & River Trust to close its towpaths, and Brian Jarrett has most likely hit on the reason:

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Published: 09 April 2020

Wey & Arun Canal Trust marks 25 years of boat trips

IT WAS way back in 1995 when the first fee-paying passengers cruised along the Wey & Arun Canal.

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Published: 09 April 2020

A breach in the making?

I WAS talking to an old friend earlier today and he noted whilst walking along the Leeds & Liverpool near the Arley Arm the other morning that there was a leak opposite the arm adjacent to Arley Golf Course, writes Dugald Campbell.

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Published: 09 April 2020

Coronavirus 'super spreader' coughed at police on towpath

A MAN on the towpath of the Trent & Mersey Canal at Swarkestone has been jailed for four months.

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Published: 08 April 2020

Coronavirus campaign caused a change of opinion

I MOST unreservedly offer you my most humble apologies and take back all I wrote in 2019, writes Adrian Warne.

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Published: 08 April 2020

Time to make a stance

THE way we have been treated by CaRT, maybe it's time to make a stance against this useless organisation, writes Tony Compton.

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Published: 08 April 2020

CaRT blaming government guidelines or not closing towpaths!

A BOATER who contacted Canal & River Trust by Twitter yesterday complaining about towpaths still being open was told:

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Published: 08 April 2020

Spreading coronavirus on the Regent's Canal towpath

RegentsCanalSundayWITH the closing of Victoria Park people have flocked to the Regent's Canal towpath instead keeping the many elderly boaters self isolating prisoners in their boats.

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Published: 07 April 2020

Police warn against using towpaths for exercise

WHAT will come as a blow to Canal & River promoting its towpaths is the police telling people not to use towpaths for exercise.

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Published: 07 April 2020

Why are the towpaths still open?

HOW on earth can the Canal & River Trust proclaim it is 'Supporting the National effort to keep people safe' when it is allowing masses of people on its narrow towpaths? Asks T. Lang?

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Published: 06 April 2020

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