OVER six months ago British Waterways' Board were told that 1,500 boats may visit London during the Olympic Games period, writes Allan Richards.
THE working boats rally at Braunston has proven that not everybody dotes on the past, for we have received complaints of boaters being stuck for hours, throwing their cruising plans into disarray.
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...because no one remembered to open the swing bridge to allow the the boat with the VIPs aboard to pass through!
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THE project to restore the Iron Trunk Aqueduct on the Grand Union Canal has won a £60,000 award from Big Lottery Funds' People's Millions 2011 public vote.
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BRITISH Waterways failed to meet its target on volunteering last year, achieving just over 24,000 'volunteer days' against a target set for two of its directors of 25,000.
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THE official opening of the Droitwich Canals will take place at Vines Park in the town on Friday 1st July.
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THE fourth Leeds Waterfront Festival, combined for the very first time with Leeds Community Foundation's Dragon Boat event, proved to be a huge success.
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THE Chesterfield Canal Trust has won the Jubilee Peoples' Millions, and now has a cheque for £60,000, it was announced yesterday, Tuesday.
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Ahead of the full reopening of the Droitwich Canals, nb Atlas, towing the flat Cricket made a test run from Droitwich to Hanbury, providing valuable last minute feedback to British Waterway engineers that has enabled the canal to be declared open, writes Kevin McKniff.
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It is a joy to see British Waterway on the Llangollen replacing the muddy puddles produced by their last ideas at what a towpath and lock surrounds should be made of (grit) with some new brick quadrants.
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