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The state of the towpaths

I AM ONE of the few, like obviously your goodselves, who walk my dog along the towpath whilst the boat is moving along the canal, writes John Belfry,

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Published: 28 September 2023

No motor vehicles allowed on towpaths

I WAS intrigued to read your recent article regarding motorcycles being ridden on the towpaths, writes John Howard.

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Published: 28 September 2023

Three more Leeds & Liverpool swing bridges fail

Three more swing bridges have failed over the past week on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 27 September 2023

What is an emergency?

A RECENT CaRT notice about Lock 20, Woodend Lock on the Trent & Mersey Canal caused me to consider what requires emergency work rather than urgent work, writes Roger Fox.

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Published: 27 September 2023

AI in Customer Services

LIKE any new product from 'Silicon Valley' AI, (Artificial Intelligence) in the form of ChatGPT, has been announced in a blaze of publicity (hype?) that would do CaRT proud.

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Published: 27 September 2023

Canal & River Trust 2022/23 Annual Report & Accounts

THEe Canal & River Trust has published its Annual Report & Accounts for 2022/23 with the trust reporting:

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Published: 27 September 2023

Unsafe towpath on the Oxford

AN INSPECTION  has shown that a section of the of towpath on the Oxford Canal  is unsafe.

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Published: 27 September 2023

Not so 'charitable'

CONCERNING the changes proposed by CRT to the licensing structure of continuous cruisers, writes Brian D Jarrett.

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Published: 25 September 2023

How long will it last?

IT WAS Victor in his article on our recent cruise that brought to light the condition of Branston Lock.

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Published: 25 September 2023

The only Met weather station in a inland marina

IT WAS way back in 2017 that the Metrological Office installed a weather station at Mercia Marina.

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Published: 25 September 2023

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Latest

  • Massive oak tree crushes narrowboat
  • Disused Shardlow restaurant could be new hotel
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  • Protecting the Erewash Canal water
  • Calder & Hebble Navigation reopened
  • Rushall Canal still closed
  • Hoping to enable trapped boats to escape
  • Row between boaters and householders
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  • Sound of music comes to canalside café
  • Ashing lock to save water
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  • Volunteers rally to tackle aquatic weed on the waterways
  • Lack of water closing navigations
  • Pressure from IWA on the trust to reopen the Anderton Boat Lift
  • Too many stoppages
  • Sadly no Montgomery Canal Triathlon this year
  • Red weather warning across canals

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