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Pontcysyllte death inquest adjourned again

A FURTHER inquest into the death of a teenager who fell from the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal has been adjourned.

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Published: 20 April 2017

Aire & Calder closed today

THE Aire & Calder Navigation is closed today (Thursday) owing to the 'downstream sluice' at Woodesford Lock not working, Keith Gudgin tells us. Engineers will be accessing the fault later in the day.  In the meantime passage through the Lock is not possible. Latest: Now open we are told.

 

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Published: 20 April 2017

Update on London mooring strategy

FOLLOWING a year of working with a wide range of stakeholders, surveying boaters, and physically looking at every inch of the capital’s waterways, Canal & River Trust tells us that it has has developed a set of draft proposals to improve boaters experience of boating in London, and is running a series of focus groups with boaters to help refine the draft proposals.

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Published: 20 April 2017

Would win a photo competition

AS AN amateur photographer I have followed various photo competitions run by the boating community, and I feel I must remark that your photograph by Ted Williamson of the blue tit on his hand on the towpath puts many of them in the shade, writes Jane Greer.

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Published: 20 April 2017

New season—new failure

A NEW boating season starts and the Kennet & Avon gets its first failure—the pumps at Crofton supplying water to the summit pound.

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Published: 19 April 2017

David: Consultations to be watched

TWO new 'consultations' are currently being conducted, both of which could have a significant impact on the cost of boating, writes David Hymers.

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Published: 19 April 2017

New guide to Lancaster Canal

THE guide to the Lancaster Canal has now been updated with new text and illustrations and is now available.

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Published: 19 April 2017

Fazeley office closed

THE Fazeley Waterway office on the junction of the Birmingham & Fazeley and Coventry canals is now closed.

This was permanently shut at Easter, and though the water point and Elsan facilities are still available, the rubbish compound is closed, with boaters told not to leave rubbish, Keith Gudgin tells us.

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Published: 19 April 2017

Free hire boating sessions

DRIFTERS Waterway Holidays have combined with Canal & River Trust to give would-be hirers free trial sessions from many bases across the system.

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Published: 19 April 2017

Trip boat's 40th year

EASTER Monday saw the celebration of the the Kennet & Avon Canal Trust's trip boat, Jubilee, that has been operating trips along the waterway for 40 years.

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Published: 19 April 2017

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