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Boater panicked on Trent

MANY boaters, cutting corners on the tidal Trent become grounded at a low tide, and simply wait for the tide to rise.

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Published: 16 June 2011

Paul Davies leaves Bath

THE continuous moorer, Paul Davies, who fought to stay moored in Bath on a continuous cruiser licence without either moving the required distance or having a paid mooring, has finally gone.

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Published: 16 June 2011

Tree just missed boater

IT SEEMS it is not only the water that can be dangerous on the Kennet & Avon Canal, but trees too, as one hire boater discovered.

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Published: 16 June 2011

Beware of Lock 1W

BOATERS considering cruising the Huddersfield Narrow from East to West should be aware of the danger of Lock 1w.

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Published: 16 June 2011

Chance to see gunpowder store

THE Wey and Arun Canal Trust will be inviting visitors to two historic buildings that are not normally open to the public during the 2011 Heritage Open Weekend in September.

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Published: 16 June 2011

Closed it!

AFTER reading our comments about the disgusting sanitary station at Kings Norton with no water, British Waterways have attended to it in its own inimitable way.

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Published: 15 June 2011

Pelsall Canal Festival

A TOTAL of 135 boats moored at Pelsall Junction on the Wyrley and Essington Canal for the weekend 11th and 12th June to enjoy the delights of the northern section of the Birmingham Canal Navigations.

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Published: 15 June 2011

Longer Middle Level moorings

THE bane of narrowboaters using the Middle Level moorings is that they were designed for short plastic boats, and completely unsuitable for the longer boats.

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Published: 15 June 2011

Boater loses foot in propeller

A BOATER who fell off a narrowboat into the River Great Ouse near St Neots, lost his foot as it became caught in the boat's revolving propeller.

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Published: 15 June 2011

No Daventy Canal

THE constant effort to create a canal to Daventry and a basin in the town has once again been rejected by the Town Council.

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Published: 15 June 2011

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  • Oxford Canal still closed
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  • Six navigations closed over two days
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  • Intentions to create new terminus basin at Burslem
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  • Somerset canals funding
  • Somerset canals locks are in a desperate state
  • Possible major water bus service for Nottingham
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  • More volunteer lock keepers wanted in Yorkshire
  • Erewash Canal cygnets being killed
  • Macclesfield Canal still closed

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