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Victor: Lying its way out of its responsibility

NO GENERAL updates I'm afraid until the end of the month, as we have gone boating, but I may tell a tale or two in the interim, and here's a very sorry tale now...

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Published: 09 September 2018

Spreading the farce

IN ADDITION to the BBC being taken in by the mis-information about the Middlewich Breach, others too have taken up the farce from Canal & River Trust, with John Coxon reporting.

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Published: 07 September 2018

Mercia celebrates its 10 years anniversary

IT WAS 10 years ago that Mercia Marina was transformed from a little-used fishing lake to a major tourist and leisure destination.

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Published: 07 September 2018

Want to learn about boat electrics?

IF YOU are keen to learn all about boat electrics, there is the opportunity later this month.

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Published: 07 September 2018

Still blaming boaters

ON A recent television news programme a spokesman for Canal & River Trust blatantly blamed boaters for the Middlewich breach, writes Tom Crossley.

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Published: 06 September 2018

David: Not all bad

FURTHER to my diatribe about the condition of the south Oxford Canal, there is some slightly better news.

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Published: 06 September 2018

Manchester Pusher 'raising its head' again

THIS time it is the BBC that is asking 'Does a serial killer haunt the city's canals?', relating to the many deaths in Manchester's waterways.

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Published: 05 September 2018

Complained for 15 years!

BOATER Dave Carden tells us that he has complained about the state of the waterways every year for the past 15 years, with nothing being done, he writing:

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Published: 05 September 2018

Waterways re-open

THE Canal & River Trust has re-opened some of its closed waterways after the rainfall.

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Published: 05 September 2018

Vegetation cutting volunteers needed

THIS autumn the Chesterfield Canal Trust will once again be working in partnership with the Canal & River Trust to help clear overgrown vegetation along the canal between Kiveton Park and West Stockwith.

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Published: 05 September 2018

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