IT WAS Friday 13th and time to announce that anyone who does not—in the Canal & River Trust's opinion—comply with its guidelines for continuous cruising will not have their licences renewed, unless they agree to take a home mooring, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.
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THOUGH time trials on towpaths have been going on since last year, it is only recently that the cyclists realised they could use an app for their smartphones to accurately record their times, and so many more are now participating with time trials on the towpaths.
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JUST over two weeks ago, narrowboatworld took Canal & River Trust (CaRT) to task for removing a Q&A session with Chief Executive, Richard Parry from its Facebook site (CaRT removes more information), writes Allan Richards.
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AN OLD rail track and tunnel have been revealed during canal maintenance works on the Slough Arm of the Grand Union Canal.
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THE Chesterfield Canal Trust has enabled people to learn about the canal by an Audio Post installed at its Hollingwood Hub centre on the Chesterfield Canal.
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YET another leak on a waterway has been announced, with the Worcester & Birmingham Canal now closed in Birmingham.
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OVER two months after being asked for information that would support the assertion that their was nothing in the Mayers judgment that changed CaRT's view of its guidance for boaters without a home mooring, the Trust is still unwilling to provide it or to admit that such information does not exist, writes Allan Richards.
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THE Oxford Canal—the waterway of lift bridges—is likely to get a swing bridge in the new plans for the development of Castlemill Boatyard.
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THE failure of the gates at Slaters Lowest Lock (76) at Miles Platting in Manchester has caused a further part of the Rochdale Canal to be closed on Monday.
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A LORRY has taken off the parapet of a bridge on the Bridgewater Canal, ignoring restriction signs.
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