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Don't judge us all

DISCONCERTED by the comment of Geoff Bennett [Boater's Off] telling how he was accosted by a female cyclist telling that towpaths were only for cyclists, has prompted a fellow cyclist to put matters in perspective.

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Published: 12 August 2011

Email: Those spires

Regarding  the art installation on the Oxford, the canal at that point is probably wide enough to accommodate the spires.

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Published: 12 August 2011

Man shot on towpath

IT SEEMS our towpaths are becoming even more dangerous, for though muggings are now common-place with the occasional person pushed in the water we now risk getting shot!

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Published: 12 August 2011

Confusing spending with costs

The point is the National Association of Boat Owners is confusing spending with costs [Little increase in boating costs—NABO] writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 12 August 2011

Narrowboat refloated

IT WAS on Wednesday that a narrowboat sank whilst on the Coventry Canal at Mancetter, Brian Holmes tells us.

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Published: 12 August 2011

Whilst it leaks away...

IT TAKES some believing but whilst the Oxford Canal is leaking away through lack of money, cash is to be found for a ridiculous project on the waterway.

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Published: 12 August 2011

Email: Way out

I think the figures in this article [reservoirs and lock fulls] are way out.

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Published: 12 August 2011

Anglers are exempt!

BRITISH Waterways have confirmed that anglers will be exempt from the new law banning tents on the towpath.

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Published: 12 August 2011

Email: Little increase

Kevin Mc Niff seems to have missed the point of the National Association of Boat Owners  survey.

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Published: 12 August 2011

Caught setting fire to boat

A MAN has been caught setting fire to a narrowboat on the Thames and has been arrested.

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Published: 11 August 2011

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