In response to Mr Ponting, I am afraid I do not know enough about the economics of running a hire boat company to be able to comment on their weekly charges or indeed their value for money.
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THE body of one of the men who we reported went missing in Manchester on New Year's Eve has been found in the Bridgewater Canal.
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THE Press has taken up the story that appeared in narrowboatworld recently, of the complaints against the huge number of residential boats crammed on the Regents Canal that are causing problems.
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I WAS aghast at the suggestion that there should perhaps be a ban on any mention of CaRT in narrowboatworld, writes James Henry.
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Am I wrong in assuming that West Stockwith Lock on the tidal Trent must be operated by a designated lock keeper at all times, if so can anyone tell me what does this extract from an email from Canal & River Trust mean, asks Keith Gudgin.
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A BOATER moored at High Offley on the Shropshire Union Canal had committed suicide after the death of his brother.
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A MAN has been charged with burglary over the break-ins of the narrowboats moored on the Oxford Canal as reported in narrowboatworld.
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I understand there are 35 members on the Canal & River Trust committee but only four are so called ‘boaters' representatives, writes Keith Gudgin.
Peter Ponting makes good points. We hired for years, then owned a share in the same Ownerships boat as Allan and Chris Richards, finally blowing most of our life savings on a rusty old boat seven years ago, writes John Bamford.