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Design model of Spagetti Junction refurbished

MANY boaters on the BCN will have experienced views of the underneath of Spaghetti Junction or Gravelly Hill Interchange as it is officially known, write Roger Fox.

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Published: 26 May 2022

Taster sesions on the waterways

ONCE again Anglo Welsh offers its annual canal boat holiday taster sessions on the inland waterways.

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Published: 26 May 2022

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

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  • Leaves a lot to be desired
  • Doing it the hard way
  • Four stoppages caused by need for repairs
  • At last a bit of sense tells Victor
  • Bosley Flight repair to take four weeks
  • Swing Bridges now operational
  • Another leak yesterday
  • Floating market this weekend
  • Another leak on the Llangollen
  • Sykehouse Lock on the New Junction fails again
  • Large section of Leeds & Liverpool closed again
  • Basingstoke Canal closed
  • Next May until possible Anderton Boat Lift reopening
  • Cruising the Weaver on a giant cow!
  • Bosley Flight closes again
  • Canals now reopened
  • Kennet & Avon Canal likely to suffer long closure
  • Oxford Canal closed until October
  • 'Small breach' on Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
  • Trial measures to support safe navigation at Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

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