THERE has been a most tragic end to a family’s Easter hire boat holiday when a man heard a splash in the dark and discovered his wife had fallen in and he was unable to locate her in the dark
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STRICT restrictions brought in by the owners of the Bridgewater Canal are leaving boaters with the distrinct impression that its owners are intent upon closing the waterway to boating.
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LIKE it or lump it, my friends, the new look narrowboatworld is here to stay.
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DURING 2012 we published the following article based on the actual cost of operating a 54ft narrowboat under the then British Waterways, to acquaint would-be buyers with the actual cost per year of owning and operating a narrowboat:
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THE Canal & River Trust state that it is costing £1 million annually to clear-up after litter-happy Britons, that leave their litter both in and around the waterways.
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THOUGH the boat building industry is still in the doldrums, with many of those hit by the downturn in boating still out of business, one boat builder is bucking the trend and even expanding.
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Volunteer excavator operators of the Wey & Arun Canal Trust have been tested on the practice and theory for the safe use of those over 10 tonnes.
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WE HAVE been contacted by the BBC to remind the increasing number of boaters living on the waterways, that they ensure they are correctly licensed to watch television.
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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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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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