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Four Oxford lift bridges being upgraded to hydraulic

THE Canal & River Trust is upgrading four of the the wooden lift bridges on the Oxford Canal.

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Published: 04 October 2023

Is it any wonder?

LITTLE  wonder things get bodged, relates Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 04 October 2023

More Erewash woes

THE Erewash Canal is closed yet again due to a shortage of water.

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Published: 02 October 2023

Getting ready for Christmas cruises

THE end of next month will see the start of the Chesterfield Canal Trust Santa Special Cruises.

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Published: 02 October 2023

Needs someone with knowledge

I KNEW someone would point out the instructions [regarding ChatGPT] were rubbish but in fact could be fixed with a relatively simple edit by someone with knowledge, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 02 October 2023

Victor reckons the IWA is in a dream world

THE Inland Waterways Association (IWA) has latched-on to all canal boats going electric.

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Published: 30 September 2023

Towpath closed until next year

I READ with trepidation that the towpath at Nettle Bridge on the Oxford Canal is closed until next year, writes Julian Warne.

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Published: 29 September 2023

Artificial Intelligence and the waterways

IN MY OPINION Artificial Intelligence instructions are total rubbish, writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 29 September 2023

Electric on the Avon

I AM NOT sure that electric narrowboats are news, writes Roger Fox.

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Published: 29 September 2023

IWA on going electric

AN INCREASING trend these days is for local waterway societies to have their trip boats electric propelled.

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Published: 28 September 2023

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  • Disused Shardlow restaurant could be new hotel
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  • Calder & Hebble Navigation reopened
  • Rushall Canal still closed
  • Hoping to enable trapped boats to escape
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  • Too many stoppages
  • Sadly no Montgomery Canal Triathlon this year
  • Red weather warning across canals

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