THE Water Company Severn Trent are carrying out major storm drain work at Oxley & Pendeford over the next few weeks, shutting off the outflow to the Shropshire Union between Lock 1 and Bridge 2.
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THOUGH there was is a campaign to save the old Trent Lane Depot building on the Trent in Nottingham and give it listed status, it has been refused.
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I agree with Bob Hallam's comments that Central Shires areas, i.e. Trent & Mersey and Coventry canals in particular, suffer from lack of vegetation control—both sides of the canal, writes Dave Carden.
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MOST boaters will agree that there has been enough comments about continuous cruisers/moorers in narrowboatworld, so we are calling a halt.
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I am a continuous cruiser and I am fed up with what I have been reading about people like me, writes Keith Gudgin.
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THE Bruce Trust boat Diana that was home to many disabled visitors to the Paralympics will arrived back today (Friday), at Hungerford on the Kennet & Avon Canal, after her five weeks, 165 miles adventure.
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A BOATER moored at Welford on the Grand Union Canal rescued an 18 months old child from drowning after he fell in.
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THE campaign against the building of a 500 berths marina at Onley on the Oxford Canal is backed by the husband and wife television stars Prunella Scales and Timothy West.
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Why is it you see so many hire boats passing you on the canals with the occupants hanging from the gunwales like marauding Pirates and the centre rope coiled neatly in the middle of the roof?
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I recently took out a Friends Membership of CART as I thought that it might be a 'good idea' to support the canal network, writes David Probett.
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