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More moorings on the Avon

PERSHORE on the Avon is a favourite staying place for boaters on the Avon, with nearby facilities and attractive walks, and now there is more handy moorings.

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Published: 17 May 2017

White Mills facilities building started

WHITE Mills Marina has started work on its brand new purpose built facilities building, with work now well underway.

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Published: 17 May 2017

Your guess is as good as ours...

Submarine SummitIS IT a narrowboat or is it a submarine? Howard Clarke's picture of the latest addition of peculiar boats, this time on the summit pound of the Grand Union Canal. Our Keith Gudgin tells us it is a lifeboat that is usually painted orange.

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Published: 17 May 2017

A summer of stoppages

THE Canal & River Trust has admitted that there will be a summer of stoppages, but it states these 'have been selected due to the fact that they all have suitable diversion routes which will minimise the impact on our customers'.

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Published: 17 May 2017

Victor: The last lap

WITHOUT any doubt, there were very few hire boats about during our cruise to Bugsworth Basin and back, particularly the first week of May when there were days we saw none—an occurrence unheard of in the past.

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Published: 16 May 2017

Victor: Back on the Trent & Mersey

AT LAST we were off the Macclesfield and once again back on the Trent & Mersey Canal, and what a relief, as the boat moved as it should with so much more water underneath.

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Published: 13 May 2017

Victor: The Green Flag fiddle


 IT WAS two years ago that the Macclesfield Canal was awarded the Green Flag award, which means that every two years there is a further inspection to show that the aims of the award are still being met.

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Published: 10 May 2017

Victor: Another ridiculous excuse

I RECKON we are all now aware of the excuses from Cart attempting to cover its inadequacies of maintenance, but the very latest of its evasions defies description.

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Published: 08 May 2017

Victor: Bugsworth or bust

AS SOME of you may be aware this will be our third attempt for a second visit to Bugsworth Basin at the end of the Peak Forest, so definitely Bugsworth or bust!

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Published: 04 May 2017

That's it folks—gone boating!

There will be no normal updates or email service until the middle of May when we return.  Though there are 6,640 articles available to peruse!

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Published: 30 April 2017

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