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EA not interested

I HAVE been a Thames boater now for nine years and have come to the conclusion that the Environmental Agency is not bothered about us. writes David Whiting.

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Published: 22 May 2020

Body pulled out of canal.

A BODY has been pulled out of the Leigh Branch of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 22 May 2020

Fix the anti-vandal locks

IT WAS way back in 1999 when we first cruised the Erewash Canal that had a reputation for vandalism.

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Published: 22 May 2020

Coming home to roost

ALLOWING people unfettered use of the towpaths during the coronavirus has rebounded on Canal & River Trust.

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Published: 21 May 2020

Another one all sorted at Orph's yard

IT WAS if I'd been given a birthday present when I saw the contribution last month from Orph Mable, actually dated on my birthday!, writes Geoff Smith.

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Published: 21 May 2020

Environmental Agency is waking up

THE Environmental Agency is telling its boaters that it will 'get people boating as soon as we can'.

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Published: 21 May 2020

Not in the real world

THE boater Martin Howes who must either not be using his boat or in a marina with facilities is not in the real world of continuous cruisers, writes James Henry.

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Published: 20 May 2020

Hypocrites or what?

THE National Bargee Travellers Association 'demand closure of overcrowded towpaths after lockdown easing', writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 20 May 2020

Living with coronavirus and the future of the waterways

IT IS hard to find any good news in living the new normal, writes Stewart Griffin.

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Published: 20 May 2020

Sanity checking data

WHEN I was an engineering apprentice in the last century, we had no calculators(!), and we used slide rules for calculations instead, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 20 May 2020

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