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Petrol demands respect

THE use of petrol demands huge respect and extreme caution, not least when refuelling, is the succinct advice from the Boat Safety Scheme (BSS).
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Published: 14 August 2015

Choose wisely where 'er ye go!

THE report on Saul Marina's 'residential' population only serves to highlight the mix of attitudes on the cut these days, writes Kevin McNiff.

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Published: 14 August 2015

Email: Complain to management

'We are paying over £2,000 a year for our mooring, why should we, as legal non-residential boaters, have to put up with non paying council tax dodgers who think they own marinas?', wrote Nial Morrison.

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Published: 14 August 2015

Warning of low bridge

GARETH Haines had a similar experience of the Droitwich to mine, [low bridge] with the advantage of three years growth, writes Paul Burke.

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Published: 14 August 2015

Kept in good repair

REGARDING the article reported by Kelvin Alexander-Duggan, in which report, it is stated that Cicely Mary was 'in a poor state of repair', I counter that statement, writes Garry Watson.

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Published: 14 August 2015

Putting it straight

MY NAME is Peter, my narrowboat is Cicely Mary. I saw your story saying it was in poor repair and I would like the opportunity to put you straight on that matter.

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Published: 14 August 2015

No General Towpath Moorings this winter

I'M NOT sure if the announcement—No General Towpath Moorings for 2015/16, eluded me, or perhaps there wasn't one, writes John Howard.

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Published: 14 August 2015

All paying a mooring fee

ARE those 'residentials' illegal? They are paying a mooring fee to the marina owners the same as all who moor there, writes Ian Egleton.

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Published: 14 August 2015

Residentials encouraged

I THINK poor Nial is in for a shock, [Too many residentials]. This situation isn't going to go away, writes Martin Brooks.

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Published: 13 August 2015

Why not dredge it?

ONCE again there are restrictions of the Lancaster Canal, and once again it is the feeder that is clogged with weeds stopping the water flow.

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Published: 13 August 2015

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