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Objections to resident boaters

RESIDENTS of the new  Muirtown Basin Marina on the Caledonian Canal have been suffering attacks and abuse for several weeks from people objecting to their living in the marina.

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Published: 24 June 2015

More work on Buckingham Canal

THERE were extra hands helping the  Buckingham Canal Society, as volunteers came together during Volunteers Week to help with the canal restoration project at Cosgrove.

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Published: 24 June 2015

Admitting deterioration

ANOTHER day—another canal closure, this time the Walsall Canal, with Canal & River Trust admitting the closure is due to deterioration.

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Published: 24 June 2015

Where does the wildlife go?

I FIND it very strange that that no one seems to mention any of the wildlife or what happens to it when these so-called vandals strike and drain pounds, writes Robert Smith.

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Published: 24 June 2015

BiWOTA 2015

FOR those of you who are at a loss to understand the heading, BiWota, it is British Inland Waterway on the Air—radio amateurs.

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Published: 24 June 2015

Looking bad for the Lancaster

THE  'significant leak' on the Lancaster Canal has proved to be a hole in its bed, so the waterway is now closed at Lune Aqueduct.

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Published: 24 June 2015

Quick action raising sunken boat

IT WAS quick action by River Canal Rescue (RCR) raising a sunken narrowboat that had its rudder trapped in Thurlwood Lock gates at Rode Heath on Heartbreak Hill on the Trent & Mersey Canal that enabled the canal to be quickly re-opened.

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Published: 24 June 2015

David Hymers: Exploring the Lancaster

WE ARE currently exploring the Lancaster Canal, the last piece of the connected system that we have never been on, at least until one of the restoration projects comes to fruition. It is also our furthest North, since it beats Ripon by a couple of miles.

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Published: 22 June 2015

Denver Sluice out of action

DENVER Sluice, that links the Middle Level and River Great Ouse to the tidal river is out of action until further notice.

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Published: 22 June 2015

CaRT sells Drifters shareholding

FOLLOWING a long campaign by narrowboatworld, Canal & River Trust (CaRT) is selling its shareholding in Drifters Leisure, the hire boat booking company, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 22 June 2015

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