WE WERE thinking of making the trip to London next year, having not been since 2013, but a conversation with a boater I met on the Weaver is giving us second thoughts.
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IT'S ALL too easy to jump up and down criticising CaRT for not emphasising the danger of locks, gates and cills, writes Kevin McNiff.
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THE Trent & Mersey Canal now has closures around the locks in Middlewich 'seven days a week until further notice'.
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WE CAN really feel for the people who lost their first time narrowboat in one of Bosley Locks, but cannot help but blaming Canal & River Trust for not making the dangers of the cills more prominent, writes James Henry.
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I do not of course know the reason for first timers to take to the waterways with a 70ft boat but it doesn't seem too sensible, as they are the devil to keep clear of cills and also to manœuvre in wind.
I once helped on a 70 footer and it was a nightmare, as all too often we were inches off the cill and occasionally on it.
David Putney
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THE good news is that the Leeds & Liverpool will re-open into Liverpool in time for the August Bank Holiday.
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OWNERS of their first ever narrowboat will forever remember their first day out, getting it caught on a lock gate cill and sinking it.
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ISLINGTON Marina in Manchester has started suffering from yobs again as the holidays get under way.
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QUOTE: 'The overall condition of the Trust’s waterways continued to improve year-on-year with core spending on waterway infrastructure, maintenance and repairs'! writes Pat Hayton.
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A CANALSIDE warehouse on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal is to be turned into flats.
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