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No Lancaster discount

I READ with interest on another site about the sighting of a 70ft narrowboat in Whitehaven Harbour; the assumption being that it must have navigated the open sea from the Lancaster Canal via Glasson sea lock, writes Eric Weiss.

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Published: 18 May 2015

Take a tour...

THE self-styled canaloholic photographer, Harald Joergens, has produced a virtual tour of a traditional narrowboat for the owner and the Black Country Living Museum, and has given permission for us to reproduce.

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Published: 18 May 2015

Dire 'Waterfront'

PROMINENT Canal & River Trust (CaRT) volunteer and ‘Friend', Laurence Hogg, has attacked a revamped supporters magazine, ‘Waterfront' as dire, saying it is the worst publication BWB, BW and now CaRT has ever produced, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 18 May 2015

Chaos reigns

THE Canal & River the Trust is seeing a significant fall in the number of boats on the inland waterways, (5,000 less boats on the waterways) writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 18 May 2015

Hide & Seek!

THE Canal & River Trust has provided a bizarre explanation for the loss of £58m in its latest three year plan (CaRT's £58m loss will impact on maintenance), writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 15 May 2015

Work starts on the monster marina

PRELIMINARY work has commenced on the infamous 650 berth marina at Onley on the Oxford Canal, writes Kevin McNiff.

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Published: 15 May 2015

'Angry Boater' on tour

AFTER his successes with his Angry Boater events in the capital, Joel Sanders is bringing it out of London and touring the waterways giving performances in the places he passes through.

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Published: 15 May 2015

Cruising boats

I would just have to agree what others are saying about boats cruising on the waterways at the moment.

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Published: 14 May 2015

Far less boats

I CAN confirm what your other contributors are saying that there are far less boats moving on the canals as in the past few years, writes James Henry.

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Published: 14 May 2015

5,000 less boats on the waterways?

FROM a high of a recorded 35,241 12 months licenced boats just a few years ago, Canal & River Trust report that there were only 32,018 licenced boats on the 31st March last year, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 13 May 2015

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