THE Etruria Boat Group at Stoke-on-Trent are celebrating as work starts on Keppel, the historic canal narrowboat they are restoring to use for education and other community activities along the canals of the Potteries.
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I THINK we all have been quite concerned over the past few years to read how increasingly CaRT seem to be blinkered in its attitude to boaters and its application (or interpretation) of the 1995 Waterways Act, writes John Howard.
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A GOOD idea by the Chesterfield Canal Trust to fill it trip boats and help swell its funds, is cruise vouchers.
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Some of the comments about the CaRT v Mayers judgement (CaRT's CC rules are unlawful) seem at odds with what the judge actually said in his judgement, writes John Kelly.
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A JUDGMENT in a Canal & River Trust Section 8 court case confirms that it would be unlawful for the Trust to set a minimum distance that continuous cruisers must travel to comply with the law, and CaRT knew this for over a year but kept it secret, but is revealed by National Bargee Travellers Association.
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The Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Canal Trust, feeling that an updated version of its restoration saga was well overdue, have just published Rescued from Obscurity—subtitled—'the continuing story of the Hereford & Gloucester Canal', writes Jonathan Mosse.
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WITH the cold weather now upon us, the concern Workplace Matters (WM) have launched a Waterways Hardship Fund for boaters in difficulty.
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RECENT discussions about the use of our towpaths by cyclists and their interaction with other towpath users led me to do some research about the exact status of towpaths and who can use them.
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To support Keith Gudgin's recommendations regarding an additional boat light towards the rear of the boat, writes John Howard.
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ONE of the most respected of boat builders, Steve Hudson of SM Hudson Boatbuilders, has died following a short illness
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