SPRING of next year is the target date for the opening of the Trent & Mersey Canal at its breach at Dutton, but the repair at Croxton should be completed by Christmas.
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AS PROMISED, actors and boating enthusiasts Timothy West and Prunella Scales (Famous boaters against new marina—NbW 20/09/12) led a demonstration against the proposed 550 berth marina at Onley on the Oxford Canal.
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A REGULAR users of the section of the Trent & Mersey Canal where the breach occurred, and narrowboatworld contributor, Frank Hurst believes Canal & River Trust has the gall to to appeal for funds, and writes:
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So, there you go John Dodwell. Not so hard to inform the boating fraternity of the facts, writes Steve Jenkin.
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NOTWITHSTANDING all the complaints from boaters of the ever encroaching vegetation over the waterways, the Canal & River Trust's latest scheme is to plant more.
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THE invasive Dikerogammarus villosus, commonly known as the killer shrimp, that was discovered in the Broads earlier this year has now been found in the Worcester & Birmingham Canal and the Severn.
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A 15 YEARS old girl, grabbed by an attacker on the Union Canal towpath in Edinburgh jumped into the canal to escape.
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THOUGH there is criticism of the contents of John Dodwell's article, (CaRT trustee answers NbW reports) Kathryn Dodington remarks that it brings a bit of calm to what seems to her to be a bit of 'CaRT Bashing', and writes:
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I can see the reason as explained by John Dodwell for the appeal for funds for repairing the breach on the Trent & Mersey Canal, for it will leave more money for other things.
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I wonder how many of your readers took the John Dodwell article at its face value?
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