Reporting two weeks into a three week cruise—the water is down everywhere by about three inches, but certainly around Milton Keynes, but we have had no significant rain since Easter, so the water levels were no surprise.
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I was going through some old photographs the other day and came across a couple of the concrete Long Horse Bridge.
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THE thief who stole the narrowboat moored at Rickmansworth on the Grand Union Canal and caused £4,000 worth of damaged has escaped jail.
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THE new rules being forced by British Waterways are showing it really has little concern in promoting its waterways and towpaths.
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GOING flat-out to set a record for legging through Standedge Tunnel, three men legged a boat through together.
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BRITISH Waterways have just informed us there will be a further delay before the new Long Horse Bridge is lifted into position over the Trent at Derwent Mouth.
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David Hymers is wide of the mark when he writes (referring to lock manning hours) 'there can't be many people who want to start at 8am'.
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A NEW company has taken over boat building in Stourport after it was lost by the collapse of M&D Boat Builders that ceased trading in June.
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THE lifting of the new Long Horse Bridge over the Trent at Derwent Mouth has been delayed.
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NOT only is the statement from British Waterways to 'double-up' on the narrow locks at Hillmorton on the Oxford Canal causing confusion and comment, but closing down the twinned section of locks could also waste water not save it.
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