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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IF YOU are keen to learn all about boat electrics, there is the opportunity later this month.
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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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FURTHER to my diatribe about the condition of the south Oxford Canal, there is some slightly better news.
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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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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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THE Canal & River Trust has re-opened some of its closed waterways after the rainfall.
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THIS autumn the Chesterfield Canal Trust will once again be working in partnership with the Canal & River Trust to help clear overgrown vegetation along the canal between Kiveton Park and West Stockwith.
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THE downturn in boating must be hitting the yachting fraternity, as the RYA is offering double gifts for anyone who refers a new member.
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WE HAD the bad fortune to be in a queue behind a hire boat on the Trent & Mersey Canal, writes Peter Holmes.
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