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Better for the birds

SO MANY birds were being slaughtered by the power wires running along the Stainforth & Keadby Canal that Canal & River Trust has worked with Northern Powergrid, the company to install special ‘flight diverters’.

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Published: 13 April 2017

Canalside pub destroyed

THE Grill & Grain by the side of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Chorley has been destroyed in a fire that swept through the building.

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Published: 13 April 2017

Raise funds by pulling a boat

THE Friends of Dawn Rose have a novel and exciting way to raise funds for your organisation or your favourite charity. Your team can pull a 70ft long, hand-built, wooden narrowboat—the Dawn Rose— along the Chesterfield Canal.

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Published: 13 April 2017

RCR to speak at Flood Expo 2017

RIVER Canal Rescue (RCR) is speaking at this year’s Flood Expo—the world’s biggest flood prevention exhibition and conference—explaining how boat salvage and recovery keeps the UK inland waterways clear, manages flood risks and supports the environment.

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Published: 13 April 2017

New season—new closures!

HERE we go again, the start of a new season and the closures have started already!

It's the poor Oxford that fails just in time for Easter at Broadmoor Lock (24) near Cropredy, Keith Gudgin tells us.  No definite reason reason given by Canal & River Trust, just that it is 'maintenance'. Update: Re-openes this afternoon, Thursday.

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Published: 12 April 2017

But they are continuous cruisers...

THE 'Boats Are Homes' march has just taken place by the National Bargee Travellers Association, with it states around 200 taking part.

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Published: 12 April 2017

Another bar for Bristol Harbour

AN OLD historic narrowboat, built in the 1930s has been restored and converted into a bar and café and floated at Bristol Harbour.

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Published: 12 April 2017

Stove causes narrowboat fire

A NEW narrowboat moored at British Waterways Marinas Ltd Glasson Dock caught fire, with the owner calling the fire brigade.

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Published: 12 April 2017

Not so 'wild'life on the Chesterfield

CYCLIST Ted Williamson was on his usual route home along the Chesterfield Canal towpath when he had a never-to-be repeated experience.

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Published: 10 April 2017

CaRT wants 'Boats in Bloom'

THE Canal & River Trust want you to make your boats to look pretty—and will give you a prize or a colourful certificate if you do so!

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Published: 10 April 2017

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  • Victor tells it doesn't look good for next year
  • Is Extended Cruising a thing of the past?
  • Looking bad for the Leeds & Liverpool Canal
  • Customer Service Facility decimated
  • Section of river bank falls into the Thames
  • Clearing vegetation for further restoration
  • Kelvin's Middle Level Update 20th August 2026
  • Stoppages for repairs add to the woes
  • Boaters—take care on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal towpath
  • The water shortage
  • Two navigations reopened
  • Grounding advice from River Canal Rescue
  • Foxton and Watford flights to close
  • No increase in water levels on Leeds & Liverpool Canal
  • 50 closures plus 59 restrictions decimating the waterways
  • Leaves a lot to be desired
  • Doing it the hard way
  • Four stoppages caused by need for repairs
  • At last a bit of sense tells Victor
  • Bosley Flight repair to take four weeks

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