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Brownhills Canal Festival

ONCE again the Brownhills Canal Festival will be taking place on the on the Wyrley and Essington Canal at Silver Street.

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Published: 12 May 2014

Email: Charityless charity

I'd like publicly to thank Victor Swift for his compliment re my coining of the phrase, CaRT the charity-less charity. Making boaters homeless.

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Published: 12 May 2014

More asset and infrastructure misery

THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) admits that almost 40% of the 2,000 miles of waterways it maintains has long lengths of waterway walls or bank protection that is either collapsed or close to life expired, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 12 May 2014

A missed opportunity

Like several other narrowboatworld contributors I was surprised (actually, in hindsight I probably wasn't!) to read that hire boats would be given preferential treatment in navigating through the partially opened Napton Flight, writes John Howard.

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Published: 12 May 2014

BCNS Explorer Cruise—day two

BCNS Explorer Cruise day two, and a fairly uneventful six miles cruise up the Rushall Canal to the Manor Arms pub at Daw End, writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 12 May 2014

BCNS Explorer cruise—day one

WHAT is it actually like to take part in the Birmingham Canal Navigations Society (BCNS) Explorer cruise? Our contributor Keith Gudgin tells you...

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Published: 11 May 2014

Email: Napton delay

It is alright Ann Davies trying to tell us how few boats were held up by the stoppage at Napton on the Wednesday, but there were well over a dozen by Friday at the top.

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Published: 11 May 2014

Email: Hire boats come first

It is very clear that Ann Davies is only interested in the hire boats from what she writes, with CaRT too believing they are all important.

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Published: 11 May 2014

Still Napton Flight restrictions

THOUGH Canal & River Trust told that Napton Flight was now open after the repair to the wall of Lock 10, there are still restrictions in place.

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Published: 10 May 2014

Who cares about the 14 days rule?

I DO and so should all boaters, writes Simon Greer.
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Published: 10 May 2014

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