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Kilby Lock should re-open tomorrow

KILBY Lock on the Leicester Section will soon be repaired we are told with new cills fitted today, Wednesday.

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Published: 02 August 2023

World's biggest wildflower meadow

AMID all the failures of CaRT’s management, which has resulted in an unprecedented number of emergency closures, some of them for weeks,writes David Hymers.

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Published: 31 July 2023

Don't work lift bridge alone

CHISNELL Lift Bridge (193) on the Oxford Canal can no longer be worked by one person.

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Published: 31 July 2023

Now it's minimal information

INSTEAD of the normal information concerning the Oxford Canal closure it is kept to a minimum.

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Published: 31 July 2023

Now it's another type of floating home

 WE ARE all aware that narrowboats are the floating homes of many, but now there is another variety—floating cabins.

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Published: 31 July 2023

Victor reckons they should know the 'Method of Repair' by now

SURELY those contractors should have by now found the 'method of repair' for all those repairs that keep piling up.

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Published: 29 July 2023

Peak Forest Lift Bridge fails for fourth time

THERE can be little doubt that the many repairs to Wood End Lift Bridge are bodged.

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Published: 28 July 2023

Burnt-out narrowboat towed away

THE burnt-out narrowboat has been located and has been towed back to the Middle Level Commissioners depot near March, writes Kelvin Alexander-Duggan.

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Published: 28 July 2023

Leeds & Liverpool closed for three weeks

ANOTHER waterway that will have a long closure is the Leeds & Liverpool.

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Published: 28 July 2023

Huddersfield Narrow closed for seventh time this month

THE Huddersfield Narrow Canal is having it rough for boaters.

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Published: 28 July 2023

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