THE Lancaster Canal that was closed near the Lune Aqueduct during June has now been re-opened after its repair.
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Following a request under the Freedom of Information Act, Canal & River Trust has published most of the pro forma enforcement letters mentioned in its controversial ‘enforcement flowchart' (Be concerned!), writes Allan Richards.
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WE ARE doing better this week, with it being Thursday and only two canals closed—but alas the Rochdale again.
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Going further off subject the solution to not being able to fish for alloy windlasses with a magnet is the good old jubilee clip.
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A TEENAGER drowned in the Lee Navigation yesterday (Wednesday) as he tried to escape the police chasing him.
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IT WOULD seem that the Oxford Canal below Napton is not a very friendly place to moor, as now, three people have told us of the attitude of other boaters.
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THE Canal & River Trust have claimed that its Head of Legal and General Council, Jackie Lewis, did not deliberately mislead the reconstituted Waterways Ombudsman Committee, writes Allan Richards.
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Last Friday afternoon Roger Fox tells us he was on the Tame Valley Canal when two cyclists crashed head-on on the towpath.
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WHILST it's true that the closure of Selby Lock merely prevents access to a short length of canal joining the Aire at Haddlesey, there's a far more serious consequence in that it prevents boaters coming downriver from York using the safest route back onto the canals, writes Tony Dunkley.
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I've just read David Hymer's piece on the lock gear; I have had a Dunton Double windlass for years, and it is a splendid piece of kit.
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