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CaRT's latest caper!

WE SHOULD imagine that most of you boaters are wondering what will be the next CaRT caper for getting rid of our money—it's a good one!

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Published: 22 June 2018

The other Middlewich breach

IT IS not generally known, but in the past there was another breach of the Middlewich Branch—then known as the New Cut—but what a difference in their repairs, as Pam Pickett explains:

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Published: 22 June 2018

Why was the breach left to the emergency services?

WHEN the culvert collapsed at Melling on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal it was the emergency services that attempted to stay the flow from the breach.

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Published: 21 June 2018

The 'all or nothing' approach

CLOSING a canal for only half a mile but effectively closing the whole of the canal is but an extension of the 'all or nothing' approach we have seen for many years. writes Bill Ridgeway.

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Published: 21 June 2018

Will they roll it on?

I WAS aghast to read that contractors had closed a mile of canal for the day to attend to trees, writes Helen Cripps.

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Published: 21 June 2018

H&S rules mis-interpreted

ACCORDING to the article 'Health & Safety gets worse', The health and safety regulations are getting even more of a hindrance to boating, writes Bill Ridgeway.

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Published: 21 June 2018

Take a break at Stenson Lock

SHOULD you have cruised up from some of the 'terrible six' as the broad locks at the eastern end of the Trent & Mersey Canal are well known, there's the chance of a long rest at Stenson Lock.

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Published: 20 June 2018

Health & Safety gets worse

 THE health and safety regulations are getting even more of a hindrance to boating.

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Published: 20 June 2018

David Suchet to attend historic rally

THE Poirot actor and waterways patron, David Suchet, will attend the Historic Narrowboat Rally at Braunston Marina.

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Published: 20 June 2018

L&L breach repair could take six weeks

THE Leeds & Liverpool is now closed at the Liverpool end due to a culvert collapse, writes Linda Andrews.

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Published: 20 June 2018

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