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Boating on the Wilts & Berks

IT MAY be a massive undertaking, but the disused Wilts & Berks canal is slowly coming into use.

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Published: 03 May 2018

Skipton Waterway Festival

THIS Saturday will see the start of the big Bank Holiday weekend’s Skipton Waterway Festival.

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Published: 03 May 2018

Macclesfield Canal closed

TODAY (Wednesday) the Macclesfield Canal was closed between Bridges 38 and 39, adding to the list of unavigable canals, but with no reason whatsoever given by Canal & River Trust, Keith Gudgin tells us.

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Published: 02 May 2018

Boat broker gets fours years jail

A Nottingham boat broker has been jailed for four years for conning boaters out of their boats.

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Published: 02 May 2018

Marathon on the Leeds & Liverpool

MARATHON runner Gavin Griffiths will be tacking his 23rd marathon on 26 miles of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath.

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Published: 02 May 2018

New cycleway on the Shroppie

PART of the Shropshire Union Canal towpath around Chester is to be upgraded to a cycleway.

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Published: 02 May 2018

More objections to HS2

CAMPAIGNERS against the new HS2 high speed train route are to highlight its effect on areas near the Trent.

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Published: 02 May 2018

Middlewich breach repaired in five weeks

Alas, do not get too exited, as it is certainly not the current one.

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Published: 02 May 2018

Major feature on canal living

IN THE last couple of weeks the Financial Times Weekend edition has carried a major feature about canal living, writes Roger Fox.

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Published: 02 May 2018

First boats across Surrey/Sussex border

FOR the first time since late last century boats were able to navigate across the Surrey/Sussex county border on the Wey & Arun Canal.

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Published: 02 May 2018

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