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Wrong waterway!

I HAVE just read an article on the Leicester Mercury website about a proposed improvement to the towpath of the 'River Soar' through Loughborough, writes P Robinson.

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Published: 26 May 2022

Wrecked passenger boat gets new lease of life

A 100 YEARS old passenger boat found wrecked on the south coast has a new lease of life on the Avon in Stratford, Roger Fox reports.

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Published: 26 May 2022

Canal & River Trust? More like Canal & River Bust tells Victor!

I HAVE just learned from our Keith Gudgin that the waterways suffered five 'Navigation: Closed' in a single day, surely now well earning the title of Canal & River Bust!

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Published: 22 May 2022

Victor reckons we will not make it!

THIS is the fourth time we have ventured up the Ashby, but not always making it to the end.

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Published: 18 May 2022

Victor finds the Coventry slow going

IT'S a few years since we last did the Coventry Canal, way before the virus in fact.

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Published: 14 May 2022

Victor finds the 'Six' being avoided

THE start of our cruise meant tackling the 'Terible Six' broad locks at the start of the Trent & Mersey.

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Published: 09 May 2022

Victor reckons swing bridges need sorting

SOMETHING really must be done about the ever failing swing bridges on the system.

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Published: 08 May 2022

It is hard to believe

IT IS indeed hard to believe that there were 29 stoppages on the waterways in one month, writes T. Lang.

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Published: 06 May 2022

Rochdale stoppage could be a long job

DEPENDING on contractors these days, the stoppage on the Rochdale could be a long job.

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Published: 06 May 2022

549 days lost to stoppages in April

ON MONDAY, narrowboatworld revealed that C&RT had posted 29 stoppages in April. Now Allan Richards provides more stoppage information for April stoppages taken from the Trust's database:

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Published: 05 May 2022

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