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British Waterways limerick

TO PROMOTE the latest edition of the Adlard Coles Book of Diesel Engines Waterscape is asking boaters to compose a canal limerick.

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Published: 09 February 2011

£2 millions Thames towpath

UPGRADING three miles of the Thames towpath through Oxford has cost nearly £2 millions.

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Published: 09 February 2011

The wrong crayfish

WHILST British Waterways have been active encouraging crayfish, particularly in the Oxford Canal, it doesn't want them in the Kennet & Avon Canal.

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Published: 09 February 2011

Conservation could block Caldon Canal

THE OLD 300ft chimney at the derelict Bolton's Copper Works is in danger of falling into the Caldon Canal and on to the Churnet Valley Railway, so a conservation order was slapped on it last week so it can't be demolished!

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Published: 07 February 2011

Man mugged on Bath towpath

A MAN was attacked by two men in the middle of the day on the towpath of the Avon in Bath.

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Published: 06 February 2011

Going down...Northgate Locks

WHEN British Waterways had its Open Day at Northgate Locks on the Shropshire Union Canal, it was quite an adventure for some as they climbed further and further down the ladder, some were becoming distinctly nervous as to what lay ahead in the dripping abyss below.

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Published: 05 February 2011

Narrowboatworld knocked out

WHEN we warned boaters of the coming high force winds, little did we realise we would be a early casualty.

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Published: 05 February 2011

Canal traders get organised

WITH many changes to the rules and regulations concerning trading on the waterways, traders have come together and launched their Roving Canal Trader website.

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Published: 03 February 2011

Gale warning

MANY narrowboats in addition to cruisers have canopies, and with gale force winds and gusts approaching 100mph forecast in parts of the UK this weekend, boaters are being warned.
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Published: 03 February 2011

Union Canal to be illuminated

THERE are plans to install solar lighting, at an undisclosed cost, on almost 10 miles of Edinburgh's Union Canal.

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Published: 03 February 2011

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