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Hope for Trent release

WITH the forecast that the jet stream that is causing so much flooding will be moving North, there is hope that boaters trapped by the Trent will be free to move.

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Published: 19 July 2012

No swan count

THERE will be no annual count of the swans on the Thames that passes through Oxfordshire this year, owing to the state of the river.

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Published: 19 July 2012

Amendments to BSS

THE Boat Safety Scheme committees have reviewed the BSS checks for private boats, and made some proposals for amendments.

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Published: 19 July 2012

Email: Crossing locks in an emergency

I passed through Henhurst Lock last week, and with the bottom gates of the lock opened and closed by a windlass operated gear and quadrant, leaves plenty of room between the gates and the road bridge for a plank bridge.

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Published: 19 July 2012

Horses at the museum

THE early days of canals will be celebrated at the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port with the Horses At Work.

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Published: 19 July 2012

Council overrules CART

DURING last year the then British Waterways took it upon itself to ban swimming from Sparth Reservoir near Marsden on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

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Published: 18 July 2012

Floating market for Olympics

BUSINESS boaters have taken advantage of CART's offer of moorings on the Regents Canal, and will be offering their wares at Mile End.

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Published: 18 July 2012

Email: Gone mad again

Has Elf and Safety gone mad again?
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Published: 18 July 2012

Dangers of flooding rivers

STILL another boater had to be rescued from the Avon when his boat was caught on the flooded river.

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Published: 18 July 2012

Thames Olympic restrictions

THOUGH the Thames is not being used for any Olympic sport, the Environment Agency is closing part of it to safeguard a nearby lake where activities are taking place.

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Published: 18 July 2012

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