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Email: More influence

Those of us old enough to remember the involvement of English Nature in the Pocklington Canal and it's lack of restoration will fear the latest proposals that give them more influence in the waterways in general.

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Published: 24 November 2014

It was no water taxi

PERHAPS one taxi driver had been reading too much about water taxis, for he drove his own into the Caldon Canal, but alas it did not float.

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Published: 23 November 2014

Enough is enough

BOATERS are incensed at the news that English Nature wants to use the waterways for a route for birds, insects and mammals as wildlife corridors, with its accompanying restrictions to boating, and write:

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Published: 22 November 2014

RCR raised lock-stricken boat

IT WAS River Canal Rescue (RCR) that raised the lock-stricken boat out of Wash House Lock at Bath after the emergency assistance firm was called in to help.

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Published: 21 November 2014

A failing navigation authority

LATE last week, I received a copy of the Canal & River Trust (CaRT) guide to its new Operations & Asset Management structure as from 1st November, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 21 November 2014

Two days or two weeks?

OUR Keith Gudgin is at present moored on the two days moorings on the Grand Union Canal, with an enforcement officer leaving him in a quandary, and writes:

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Published: 21 November 2014

Tell CaRT when to repair the locks

IT IS most certainly a new approach, with Canal & River Trust actually asking boaters when it should repair two problem locks on the Rochdale Canal.

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Published: 20 November 2014

Thieves steal CaRT equipment

THIEVES broke into the Canal & River Trust's maintenance boats at Atherstone last night (Wednesday) and stole all the equipment.

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Published: 20 November 2014

Invasive species taking over

WHILE we were out cruising our boat, enjoying the experience even if the weather was at times very changeable, there was however one very disturbing aspect that I have noticed more and more over the last few years, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 20 November 2014

There is a reason

AS A continuous cruiser who has been such for nine years come next March, I hope you will include my observations of why from time to time I could not move within the required 14 days, and that people espying such overstaying can understand, writes Malcolm Portend.

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Published: 20 November 2014

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