WE ARE all used to the crazy edicts from British Waterways, and all know of its demand for volunteers, but the sheer stupidity coming to light could result in volunteering being doomed to failure, as Roger Guiver explains.
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BOATERS just cannot understand why the summit pound of the Grand Union Canal at Tring still has its lock gates padlocked, as there is now too much water.
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THE reservoirs feeding the Tring summit of the Grand Union Canal are so full that they are overflowing, with our man on the spot actually confirming, yet the lock gates on the waterway are padlocked.
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THE reservoirs serving the Tring summit on the Grand Union Canal, as can be expected after so much rain, are now full.
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THE Environment Agency is targeting its waterways in an attempt to catch illegal anglers who are fishing without licences.
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A BODY was discovered in the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal in Gloucester yesterday, Thursday, and is being treated as 'unexplained'.
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THE eventual completion of the Wey & Arun Canal will depend on boats being able to navigate the Arun, and the Wey & Arun Canal Trust make sure of this.
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THOUGH a very wet Sunday, the Crick Jubilee Boat Show turned out well, with the weather much improved for the remaining days.
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THE Grantham Canal Society was quick to take advantage of British Waterways' auction of its unwanted equipment, snapping up the first refusal of such equipment in its area.
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MANY of the historic boats that are still in existence were built by the famous Yarwood's Yard at Northwich, and there is a chance to see some of them back on the Weaver at the Northwich River Weaver Festival.
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