Totally agree with you [concerning the Ashby Canal]. I think it is worth organising a petition to get these people back on track, that canals were built for boats and should stay that way.
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I have just read CaRT's statement regarding the Shakerstone Festival and welcome its statement that it has no intention to close the canal.
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ALREADY somewhat disillusioned with the world in general and Canal & River Trust in particular, I was not surprised to see the latest idiocy that is now being brought to bear on the Ashby Canal, writes Orph Mable.
MANY boaters have told us that they believe leaving a hire boat out on a canal and going home because of the weather is a silly thing to do.
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NOT only are the locks crumbling, but bridges too are collapsing on the Oxford Canal, with one falling into the waterway.
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I WAS somewhat surprised by the article stating that the Environmentalists wish to close the Ashby Canal, writes Mike Stone, Chairman of the Grantham Canal Society, (GCS) and he makes the following points:
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I HEARD a rumour recently that CaRT are considering closing the Aylesbury Arm for five months over the winter in order to tackle the leakage problems, writes Peter Lloyd.
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THE heavy rainfall over the past few days has solved the problem of lack of water in the Cherwell after illegal abstraction.
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Raining or not, Patrick Fellows is wrong to just leave his hire boat on the Grand Union Canal at Milton Keynes (Email: Had enough) expecting the hire company to fetch it back.
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