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Foxton and Watford flights to close

THE LONG POUND BETWEEN Foxton and Watford flights is scheduled to close on Tuesday 1st September.

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Published: 19 August 2026

No increase in water levels on Leeds & Liverpool Canal

THE Leeds & Liverpool is now in a precarious position as closures of flights have not recovered.

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Published: 19 August 2026

50 closures plus 59 restrictions decimating the waterways

THE LATEST BOATERS' UPDATE tells that at present there are 50 closures and 59 restrictions affecting the trust's waterways.

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Published: 19 August 2026

Leaves a lot to be desired

Dear Victor,

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Published: 17 August 2026

Doing it the hard way

JERRY MARSHALL WHO IS attempting to paddle the Weaver on an inflatable cow is doing it the hard way.

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Published: 17 August 2026

Four stoppages caused by need for repairs

OVER THE WEEKEND there have been three stoppages caused by repairs being required and a further one today, Keith Gudgin reports.

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Published: 17 August 2026

At last a bit of sense tells Victor

A BIT OF SENSE INDEED when the trust took up our Keith's suggestion of how to save water—and lots of water indeed.

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Published: 16 August 2026

Bosley Flight repair to take four weeks

 THE WORK ON THE BOSLEY FLIGHT on the Macclesfield Canal is to take four weeks to repair.

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Published: 15 August 2026

Swing Bridges now operational

ONCE AGAIN THE Sykehouse Swing Bridge has been repaired and the navigation reopened.

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Published: 14 August 2026

Another leak yesterday

IN ADDITION TO THE LEAK on the Shropshire Union Canal yesterday there is another leak.

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Published: 14 August 2026

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  • Foxton and Watford flights to close
  • No increase in water levels on Leeds & Liverpool Canal
  • 50 closures plus 59 restrictions decimating the waterways
  • Leaves a lot to be desired
  • Doing it the hard way
  • Four stoppages caused by need for repairs
  • At last a bit of sense tells Victor
  • Bosley Flight repair to take four weeks
  • Swing Bridges now operational
  • Another leak yesterday
  • Floating market this weekend
  • Another leak on the Llangollen
  • Sykehouse Lock on the New Junction fails again
  • Large section of Leeds & Liverpool closed again
  • Basingstoke Canal closed
  • Next May until possible Anderton Boat Lift reopening
  • Cruising the Weaver on a giant cow!
  • Bosley Flight closes again
  • Canals now reopened
  • Kennet & Avon Canal likely to suffer long closure

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