We hired our first Narrowboat in 1972 from High Line Yachting at Iver, they sent a young man with us to Cowley Lock, he explained steering the boat and how locks worked.
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ANYONE attempting to find chandlers along the eastern part of the Trent & Mersey Canal can but wonder at their scarcity.
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We started as hirers before buying our own boat several years ago. What I remember most is that we were never shown how to operate a lock.
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I READ with, absolute agreement, the comments in Richard Swan article (Loopy Learners) little knowing that by the end of the day we would have some first-hand experience of new hirers having problems at the first locks they encountered, writes contributor Roger Olver.
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BOATERS were stuck at Wigan on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal again this week after vandals once again emptied a pound.
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THE narrowboat Barge Bookshop that was featured in narrowboatworld last week is having problems trading in Bristol.
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A DOG has been found in the River Great Ouse with concrete blocks tied to its feet.
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FAR away from the honey-pot sites, a developer wants to build a marina at Todmorden on the Rochdale Canal, but British Waterways objects.
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VANDALS are attacking the restoration of the Chesterfield Canal, draining pounds by actually opening lock gates.
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