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When the wind takes over

ALL boaters know that one of the worst things about boating is a strong wind, with a narrowboat acting as a sail, with little control, as a boater found to his cost at the Liverpool Link.

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Published: 20 August 2014

Boater drowns in canal

THERE is a mystery concerning why a boater fell into a canal in the middle of the night and subsequently died.

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Published: 20 August 2014

Open Boaters Meetings again

AFTER the successful Open Boater Meetings on Twitter, Canal & River Trust Chief Executive, Richard Parry is starting a new round using Facebook.

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Published: 20 August 2014

All repaired

BOTH the Birmingham & Fazeley and Huddersfield Narrow canals stoppages have been lifted and both are now open.
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Published: 20 August 2014

Preventative maintenance

AS EVERYONE seems to be looking backwards why don't I look the other way? No, I don't mean turning a blind eye! Let's look where waterways, and particularly their maintenance, could change in the future, writes Jimmy Lockwood.

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Published: 18 August 2014

Poor year for CaRT

IT HAS been a difficult first full financial year for the Canal & River Trust (CaRT), writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 18 August 2014

Another closed

YET ANOTHER waterway is closed through lock failure, this time the Birmingham & Fazeley.

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Published: 18 August 2014

'Narrow' closed again

A BOAT became stuck in a Huddersfield Narrow lock yesterday, Sunday, with the waterway now closed until it can be removed.

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Published: 18 August 2014

Raffle to improve lock

SUCH is the state of King's Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal that a local hire company together with the IWA is raffling a boating holiday to help pay for work to improve the area.

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Published: 18 August 2014

Comment—Where is CaRT going?

THE two most recent stories in narrowboatworld, concern the male genitalia shaped map of Berkhamsted and the wildlife 'islands' in the Grand Union Canal, both rather showing where the interests of the Trust seem to lie—in promoting visitors and wildlife.

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Published: 16 August 2014

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Latest

  • Bogus trust man gaining entry to boats
  • The trust is taking on the commission's recommendations
  • Birmingham summer gathering of boats
  • Lack of oxygen kills Kennet & Avon Canal fish
  • Staffs & Worcs closed until May
  • Open Day to review Chesterfield Canal Lock repair
  • Flood warning on the Trent
  • Water, water, everywhere
  • Still no paddles for lock on Glasson Branch
  • More problems at Penkridge Lock
  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
  • Lee Navigation lock remains closed to navigation
  • Café turns to cyclists as it has fewer boaters
  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
  • Two more 'winter works' added
  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found

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