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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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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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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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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Oh dear! Indeed—if you wanted to take your narrowboat over the Edstone Aqueduct at Wootton Wawen on the Stratford-on-Avon Canal.
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SUCH is the amount of litter in the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Blackburn, that it has killed natural growth with t5he result that the swans can only build their nests mostly out of rubbish.
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A walker on the road at Swarkstone by the Trent & Mersey Canal yesterday afternoon (Wednesday) was struck by a vehicle involved in a crash and knocked into the canal.
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THOUGH not built for the traffic of today, Bishopton Bridge on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal has become a rat-run for traffic, and with 500 new homes being built nearby, will hardly stand the pounding.
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THERE has been yet another canal bridge clouted by a car and again it closes the waterway.
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THERE is a something of a panic in Kidderminster on the Staffs & Worcs that the canal there will soon be full of Tesco trolleys.
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