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Contributors to The Team

WE HAVE added two regular contributors to The Team at narrowboatworld, both of whom who have submitted articles in the past—Kevin McNiff and Maffi.

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Published: 30 August 2012

Email: Turning a blind eye?

I have just replied to an article in the forum about people dumping their boats by the towpath to save marina fees, telling about one I noticed.

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Published: 30 August 2012

Liverpool Link restriction

THERE is feeling amongst boaters that the limit of only 18 boats a week allowed into Liverpool along the Liverpool Link is not enough, and hardly does justice to the cost of creating the waterway.

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Published: 30 August 2012

Email: Camouflage boat

We moor on the Trent & Mersey close to Derwent Mouth Lock where the  camouflage boat has been seen in this vicinity for many months, this includes, Cranfleet Cut, Erewash Canal and Trent & Mersey canal.

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Published: 30 August 2012

Trying to close the Basingstoke?

The two county councils responsible for the upkeep of the Basingstoke Canal have mounted a survey that bodes ill for the future of the waterway.

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Published: 30 August 2012

First narrowboat in Surrey

THIS coming Saturday (1st September) sees the first narrowboat into Surrey on the restored Wey & Arun Canal.

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Published: 29 August 2012

Canal goes green

NOT the normal 'green' liked by so many, but the actual green of pea soup—parts of the Lancaster Canal at the moment.

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Published: 29 August 2012

New canal festival

AGAINST the trend of canal festivals closing, Burnley is presenting its new canal festival in early September.

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Published: 29 August 2012

Email: No training

We have just come down the Five Rise Flight [Bingley] of locks on the Leeds & Liverpool.

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Published: 29 August 2012

Successful 'over-staying' prosecution

TWO boat owners have been successfully prosecuted for over-staying on 48 hours moorings—but alas not by Canal & River Trust.

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Published: 27 August 2012

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Latest

  • Chip pan fire burns out narrowboat
  • Stoke Bruerne Flight closed
  • Canal Trust gets 10th Green Flag Award
  • Two more canals closed through lack of water making it eight altogether
  • Rain desperately needed as six more navigations closed
  • Aldermaston Lift Bridge 28 bridge has sustained damage
  • Montgomery Canal 'a sea of mud'
  • Staveley Waterside Building still empty
  • Another broken balance beam closes lock
  • More problems caused through low on water
  • Boats grounding on the Lee Navigation
  • Waterways reopened
  • Hurleston Flight closed
  • Another fallen tree restricts navigation
  • A struggle to keep the waterways open
  • Helping canal visitors stay hydrated during heat wave
  • Will your gang plank be long enough?
  • Work progressing on Diglis Small Lock
  • Heavy boating use closes canal
  • Floating restaurant for Trent & Mersey Canal

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