I can't help think that the best thing for boaters to do regarding lock gates is to leave them in the state stipulated by the relevant Navigation Authority!
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ROSE Skinner, who along with her late husband Jack, who helped save the Oxford Canal from closure, has died
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IT WOULD seem that volunteers are not wanted for work after all, but work is wanted for the volunteers, who seem totally redundant.
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A FIRE in a narrowboat at Barton Marina on the Trent & Mersey Canal, moored closely to others, could have had serious consequences if the fire had spread.
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I have to disagree with Adrian Stott on the subject of 'Leaving the gates open'. First off what the old boaters used to do is irrelevant. Yes it worked for them but boating today is not the same.
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NOTWITHSTANDING the failure of British Waterways to do anything to save Sutton Swing Bridge over the Weaver, a council has stepped in to save it suffering its death by traffic.
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THE new cable car service across the Thames in East London opens today (Thursday) carrying people in its pods.
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IN A Parliamentary statement reported in Hansard in June, Canal and River Trading CIC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canal & River Trust, which apparently has to be set up according to Charity Law, writes Martin Howes.
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I have 'locked horns' with Sir Adrian Stott in the past over leaving lock gates open, for he has been promoting this for many years in one media or another.
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