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Better at Sawley Spring event

THE annual Sawley Marina Spring event—Sawley Spring Market—is on track to be bigger and better than ever before.

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Published: 22 March 2017

Narrowboats and Weaver swing bridge

MANY boaters have asked about the height restriction of Acton Bridge over the Weaver that at present is unable to be swung owing to repairs.

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Published: 22 March 2017

Wheel restrictions close hire boat companies

CAPERCAILLIE Cruisers has been providing narrowboat holidays on the Lowland Canals since 2003, following the re-opening of the canals and the development of the Falkirk Wheel.

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Published: 22 March 2017

Wheel a theme park

MY GOOD friends Irene and Nick Scott ran hotel boats on the Scottish Canals but it was the turning of the Falkirk Wheel into what Nick described as a theme park that decided them to pull out, writes Malcolm Fresh.

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Published: 22 March 2017

Café for Froghall Basin

THE old building at Froghall Basin at the southern end of the Caldon Canal has been turned into an attractive café by a local entrepreneur.

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Published: 20 March 2017

Terror on the Thames

AS the Houses of Parliament sits by the Thames, it was rather obvious that the authorities would eventually launch a simulated terrorist attack on the river, and did so yesterday (Sunday).

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Published: 20 March 2017

Plan to stop boats using the Wheel

COMPLETELY disregarding the fact that the Falkirk Wheel was constructed to transport boats between the  Forth & Clyde and Union canals, a plan is afoot to stop all such use.

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Published: 20 March 2017

Castlefield moorings to be cut?

WITH the news that planning consent has been given for a 24 apartment residential development in Castlefield Basin in Manchester comes the worry that moorings will be cut.

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Published: 20 March 2017

No 'Pusher' in Bristol

IT IS being claimed that there is a serial killer 'Pusher' in Bristol that is pushing young men to their deaths into the Avon.

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Published: 20 March 2017

Boat carpets at Atherstone

IF YOU happen to be cruising the Coventry Canal at Atherstone and your boat's carpets or floor coverings are a bit the worse for wear, then you are in the right place.

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Published: 17 March 2017

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