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Go for a poddle

ONCE again the Wey & Arun Trust is organising its annual 'poddle', to raise funds towards the canal's ultimate restoration.

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Published: 06 April 2017

Drunk but not drowned

A DRUNK man had a lucky escape yesterday (Wednesday) when he stumbled into the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Shipley.

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Published: 06 April 2017

Another tower for Liverpool Docks

THERE are plans for another residential tower block at Liverpool Docks—the third since last September.

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Published: 06 April 2017

Launch of the Montgomery Appeal

FOLLOWING recent grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the Inland Waterways Association, organisations promoting the restoration of the Montgomery Canal have come together to launch an appeal for the next stage of its restoration.

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Published: 05 April 2017

Aylesbury Arm closed again

DURING the past two years the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal has been closed five times, and today, as the paddles have given up the ghost and closed Locks 1 and 2 it is closed again.

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Published: 05 April 2017

Great Open Day at Clayworth

THE Chesterfield Canal was a glorious sight in bright sunshine, with dozens of boats moored for many hundreds of yards in both directions along the canal bank at the Open Day at Clayworth.

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Published: 05 April 2017

Flight open—then closed again

OWING  to pollution, the Northampton Flight of the Grand Union Canal was closed to navigation on Sunday (2nd),  then re-opened the following day.

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Published: 05 April 2017

'No Entry' is there for a reason

THIS morning two, obviously not too sensible, boaters decided to ignore the rather large  'No Entry' signs on the Trent by Sawley Lock and take a cruise up river towards the weir—and became well and truly stuck!

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Published: 04 April 2017

Victor: Not an April Fool joke


ONE or two of you have congratulated us on the April Fool 'Egg' story. But alas, it was no April Fool joke.

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Published: 02 April 2017

The 'Bargees' have missed this one

WE ARE surely all aware of the the policy of the 'Bargees', but they have missed a trick to get long term moorings without a proper licence—as one fella has.

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Published: 01 April 2017

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