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Victor finds it slow going

OUR latest forage up the Trent & Mersey has proven to be slow going.

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Published: 13 September 2018

Middlewich breach fake news back fires

THE media has seen straight through the fake news concerning the Middlewich breach.

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Published: 11 September 2018

Victor: Lying its way out of its responsibility

NO GENERAL updates I'm afraid until the end of the month, as we have gone boating, but I may tell a tale or two in the interim, and here's a very sorry tale now...

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Published: 09 September 2018

Spreading the farce

IN ADDITION to the BBC being taken in by the mis-information about the Middlewich Breach, others too have taken up the farce from Canal & River Trust, with John Coxon reporting.

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Published: 07 September 2018

Mercia celebrates its 10 years anniversary

IT WAS 10 years ago that Mercia Marina was transformed from a little-used fishing lake to a major tourist and leisure destination.

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Published: 07 September 2018

Want to learn about boat electrics?

IF YOU are keen to learn all about boat electrics, there is the opportunity later this month.

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Published: 07 September 2018

Still blaming boaters

ON A recent television news programme a spokesman for Canal & River Trust blatantly blamed boaters for the Middlewich breach, writes Tom Crossley.

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Published: 06 September 2018

David: Not all bad

FURTHER to my diatribe about the condition of the south Oxford Canal, there is some slightly better news.

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Published: 06 September 2018

Manchester Pusher 'raising its head' again

THIS time it is the BBC that is asking 'Does a serial killer haunt the city's canals?', relating to the many deaths in Manchester's waterways.

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Published: 05 September 2018

Complained for 15 years!

BOATER Dave Carden tells us that he has complained about the state of the waterways every year for the past 15 years, with nothing being done, he writing:

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Published: 05 September 2018

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  • Deeply regret but illness causes lack of publication
  • Flood warning on the Trent
  • Water, water, everywhere
  • Still no paddles for lock on Glasson Branch
  • More problems at Penkridge Lock
  • Two repairs will take longer than first expected
  • More problems with Bidford Bridge over the Avon
  • Two more 'winter works' cancelled
  • Good news for Canal & River Trust
  • Lee Navigation lock remains closed to navigation
  • CafĂ© turns to cyclists as it has fewer boaters
  • Swing bridge and paddle failures
  • Paddle hubs encourage people on to the Birmingham canals
  • Two more 'winter works' added
  • Source of Chesterfield Canal pollution still not found
  • Keadby Lock is still closed
  • Canal & River Trust's greater enforcement powers is not the answer
  • New top gates for flight lock
  • Bridgewater Canal breach stabilisation completed
  • Maintenance Team volunteers needed

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