My wife and I have had more than a passing interest in canals and narrowboats since the mid sixties. Because of its proximity to our home, we regularly visit Fradley Junction with our grandchildren.
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THE Waterscape Facebook is an easy way of getting in touch with British Waterways—but it's somewhat unreliable, with one boater 'hanging-on' for 33 days!
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FOLLOWING on the Bath authorities warning students of the dangers of the waterways after binge drinking, Leeds too is following the same example.
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BRITISH Waterways have now contracted-out the management of car parking at Fradley Junction, that boaters fear will greatly increase charges and include clamping.
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A TOTAL of four boat explosions occurred over last weekend, three of them caused by faulty gas installations.
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HERE we go again—'A magnificent £60million shopping and leisure development is on the way to Gloucester transforming the city'. Yes it's Gloucester Quays once more.
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MINK are breeding along the Union Canal around Edinburgh, with news of mass attacks on both pets and wildlife.
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THE Navigation Inn at Lapworth on the Northern Grand Union closed yesterday, Sunday 2nd October. It is not known if it will reopen.
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SUCH is the number of complaints of illegal moorers on the Thames around Windsor and Maidenhead, that the local council has taken action and moved the boats on.
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THERE is the chance that the construction of a £100,000 hydroelectric turbine at Dudbridge Locks on the Stroudwater Canal could help its restoration.
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