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Man pushed into canal

A MAN walking his dog along the towpath of the Staffs & Worcs Canal near Bradley, has been pushed into the water.

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Published: 07 October 2018

Only a short stretch of canal

HELEN CRIPPS asks about the Grantham Canal, writes John Bamford.

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Published: 07 October 2018

Dog bound with duct tape

A DOG has been found on the Leeds & Liverpool  Canal towpath with its feet tied with duct tape.

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Published: 07 October 2018

They do not realise

I HAVE had recourse to speak to hirers at locks on the Llangollen and it is obvious they do not know what a canal should be like. writes Ben Dayton.

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Published: 05 October 2018

That's different!

THE  Wey & Arun Canal Trust certainly know how to get interest in its restoration when it unveiled its latest renovation project, a slipway located on Dunsfold Park on the Surrey/West Sussex border.

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Published: 05 October 2018

Expensive car knocked into the Regent's Canal

IT Was really bad luck for the owner of an expensive classic 356 Speedster it being knocked into the Regents Canal by a passing van.

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Published: 04 October 2018

Why not start at the beginning?

WITH so many canals closed and under restrictions we took to the rivers for our long cruise this year, writes Helen Cripps.

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Published: 04 October 2018

A blinkered view of the Llangollen Canal

IN REPLY to Geoff Hardy's uneventful, fully maintenance free, enjoyable cruise on the Llangollen Canal, writes Wayne Abbott. 

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Published: 04 October 2018

Two speeding hire boats sink narrowboat

TWO hire boats manned by drunks speeding against each other swamped and sank a resident's boat leaving him homeless.

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Published: 04 October 2018

No maintenance problems

WHEN considering a canal holiday I read your site and was worried about the many complaints about the canals state of lack of maintenance, writes Geoff Hardy.

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Published: 03 October 2018

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