BOTH your correspondents Peter Gregory and Graham Peers overstate their case [concerning the introduction of Bridgewater Canal fees] even though I am generally in sympathy, writes Mike Todd.
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I FEEL I must point out to Graham Piers that Bridgewater boats are not allowed to use CaRT waters without paying, writes Jenny MacGillivray.
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With Peel charging for us to use the Bridgewater Canal, that it knows is essential to get up to the Lancashire and Yorkshire canals avoiding the tidal Trent, then Canal & River Trust should reciprocate. writes Graham Peers.
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I HAVE a share in a narrowboat based at Bartington Wharf, at the top end of the Trent & Mersey, so the new charges will obviously have some effect, writes Peter Gregory.
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LOOKING at the Canal & River Trust's contractors' Kier, website, it would appear that building is its main concern, living accommodation, shops and the like and even motorways, writes James Henry.
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NOTWITHSTANDING the poor weather, John Bunyan, Bedford's Community Boat is proving so successful this year that in order to keep up with the demand for boat cruises from the local community the boat team needs to increase the number of volunteers.
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YES, my friends, I have to tell you that there will be no further updates to narrowboatworld this week—our esteemed editor will no longer be with us.
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SO THE breach on the Macclesfield lasted just a week before it started to leak, it being repaired by Canal & River Trust's chosen contractor, Kier, a firm I am only too well aware of.
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IT HAS been revealed that the couple and their dog found dead on a boat on the Norfolk Broads were killed by carbon monoxide fumes, as was thought.
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THE Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation, that suffered a lock failure, will not be re-opened until next week.
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