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Little hope for Peak Forest Canal opening yet

WITH Canal & River Trust reporting problem after problem with the repair to Lock15 on the Marple Flight there seems little chance of a re-opening of the Peak Forest Canal in the near future.

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Published: 05 April 2018

Middlewich Narrowboats has gone

THE wharf in Middlewich that is the home of Middlewich Narrowboats on the Trent & Mersey Canal is deserted, with its website down.

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Published: 05 April 2018

Victor: Is Cart completely crackers?

HERE is Cart blithely announcing that it is going to spend a million or more re-branding itself and at the same time admitting that some boats cannot use a main waterways as it 'has not the funds to dredge it'!

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Published: 01 April 2018

'Repaired' Bagnall Lock is worse!

THOUGH Bagnall Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal has been repaired, with new gates, it is now more difficult to operate!

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Published: 28 March 2018

Nene restrictions lifted

THE various restrictions on the Nene have now been lifted with the river completely navigable.

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Published: 28 March 2018

A few spaces left for courses

THERE are just a few spaces left of the River Canal Rescue courses for April.

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Published: 28 March 2018

Clear-out at Thames moorings

THIS time it is the houseboats moored on the tidal Thames at Chelsea that are being cleared-out.

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Published: 28 March 2018

Lock gate falls off

A LOCK gate on the Kennet & Avon Canal has fallen off and closed the canal.

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Published: 28 March 2018

Drowned after heavy drinking

A YOUNG man had a night of heavy drinking then it is believed staggered into the Bridgewater Canal and drowned.

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Published: 27 March 2018

Third time lucky for boat lift?

THE Chesterfield Canal Trust is considering a boat lift to take the derelict canal out of the Rother valley.

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Published: 26 March 2018

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