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Thwarted by its own rules

MOST of us will have seen birds nesting in those tyres that some boaters use as fenders, but they carry the risk of putting a stop to your boating!

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Published: 14 March 2016

Running ink

THE boaters on the Broads have their boat licences in the form of toll plaques, but the latest batch have been printed with ink that runs when wet!

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Published: 14 March 2016

Ouse closed

THE Ouse is closed at Linton Lock due to a hole appearing by the side of the lock—This is the Yorkshire Ouse, not to be confused with the River Great Ouse.

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Published: 14 March 2016

Help on Wigan Flight

STARTING at the end of this month, Canal & River Trust will be arranging help for single handed boaters using the Wigan Flight on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 14 March 2016

No licences for CCs if they don't comply

THE Canal & River Trust has announced that it will no longer issue short term boat licences for those continuous cruisers who do not meet the terms of of their licences, by refusing to move continuously.

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Published: 11 March 2016

Your views on dredging invited

THE West Midlands Waterway area of the Canal & River Trust has recognised that the best information it can get regarding areas of its waterways to dredge is from the people who use them—the boaters.

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Published: 11 March 2016

A passengers' view

IN ALL it's nearly 16 years, though narrowboatworld has given endless stories of boaters it has never given that of a passenger on a combined bus and trip boat, so here we rectify the omission.

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Published: 09 March 2016

Elsan used for oil

THE Elsan disposal unit on the Lee Navigation at Stonebridge Lock is out of action as it has been used to deposit used oil.

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Published: 09 March 2016

Rochdale partly opened in six weeks

WORK has now started on the clear-up of the debris dumped into the Rochdale Canal by last year's Boxing Day floods (Floods cause significant damage) but it will take six weeks to complete one section.

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Published: 09 March 2016

Can we or can't we?

CAN we or can't we travel along the Nottingham Canal? That is the question, but not one easily understood from Canal & River Trust's stoppages notices.
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Published: 09 March 2016

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