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Council's move against 'smoking' boats

SUCH is the amount of smoke from boats moored on the Cam in Cambridge that the City Council is taking action against owners who burn coal or wood on their stoves.

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Published: 05 January 2018

Aqua bucks the trend

THOUGH many of the boat building companies either went bust or greatly reduced their output when the bottom fell out of the industry, one company is bucking the trend by expanding into a new factory.

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Published: 05 January 2018

No intimation when (or if) Leicester Section will be open

THE Canal & River Trust have given no intimation whatsoever as to the reopening of the closed Leicester Section of the Grand Union Canal.

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Published: 04 January 2018

Boaters shot at

BOATERS moored on the Weaver have been shot at by youths with an air rifle.

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Published: 04 January 2018

Heading nowhere

WHEN the sound of a Bollinder came along the summit pound of the Grand Union Canal Howard Clarke took a photograph of the boat.

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Published: 04 January 2018

CC's registering at a surgery

A couple of tips for Howard and his GP problem. Although he is a continuous cruiser he is, from the NHS viewpoint, 'homeless' and I hope he will not take offence at the use of this term and the unfortunate connotations, writes Martin Cox.

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Published: 04 January 2018

Experience the restored Chesterfield Canal

THOUGH the western end of the Chesterfield Canal is not available for cruising you can still experience the entire restored section by trip boat.

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Published: 04 January 2018

GP refuses to sign-up continuous cruisers

SHOULD people be considering taking up continuous cruising I believe they should be aware that they will have problems signing up to a GP, writes Howard Fuller.

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Published: 03 January 2018

Takes some beating for stupidity

ARE the people at Canal & River Trust completely thick?

First fixing sheets on the bottom of an aqueduct to stop leaks instead of doing it properly, then fixing the sheets with floating rope to catch boats propellers!  It takes some beating for stupidity.

Archer Bullens

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Published: 03 January 2018

Surely there are plenty

I REALLY must comment on the request by the Chesterfield Canal Trust for its members to take pictures of visitors on its towpath, writes Des Wheatley.

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Published: 03 January 2018

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