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Is anyone surprised?

I REALLY must ask that after the repair to the last major breach failed, is anyone really surprised at the  one on the Macc [Macclesfield Canal] only lasting a week? Asks Terry Palmer.

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Published: 22 June 2016

More railings at Bath

WITH the re-opening of the towpath along the Avon in Bath after widening and resurfacing, more railing have been erected.

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Published: 22 June 2016

Completely unacceptable

BY HISTORICAL anomaly the Bridgewater is the only connecting route between CaRT waters in the North and the rest of the country, writes John Lloyd.

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Published: 22 June 2016

Macclesfield breach repair hasn't held

THE Macclesfield Canal is very likely to be closed again—at the recently repaired breach, that has not held water.

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Published: 21 June 2016

Floods as well

It is not only the lock failures that cause us boaters problems (Another lock failure) and CaRT's protracted delays in getting anything done, but floods too, writes Karen Childs.

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Published: 20 June 2016

Air rifles on narrowboats

VICTOR asks in his column yesterday what people aboard narrowboats need air rifles for.  One word—rabbits! Writes Mark Eastmead.

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Published: 20 June 2016

Another lock failure

ANOTHER lock failure has closed a waterway, this time the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigations.

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Published: 20 June 2016

Email: How wrong I was

I hope that you will include this email, I ask because others will not, but I was absolutely amazed when I got to the Calder & Hebble to discover that it was still closed.

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Published: 20 June 2016

More Padworth problems

FOR the third time in just six weeks the Kennet & Avon Canal is closed at Padworth Swing Bridge, it being out of order.

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Published: 17 June 2016

L&L open next Wednesday

IT IS expected that the repairs to Lock 46 on the Barrowford Flight on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal will be completed by next Wednesday, and the waterway reopened.

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Published: 17 June 2016

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