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Victor: Season of silly notices

REGULAR readers will no doubt be well aware of the ever increasing silly stoppage notices from Cart that we need to correct, and here's a couple more.

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Published: 17 December 2017

It is the time to worry

WE REALLY are worried about being turfed off our boat at Sawley should the water level reach the jetties, but cannot see the point of it.

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Published: 15 December 2017

Favourite place for continous moorers

I was interested to read David Hymer's concerns at the wide beam on the Trent & Mersey at the top end of the canal past Anderton.

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Published: 15 December 2017

Wide beams on narrow canals

THE North Oxford is not the only narrow canal on which wide beam boats are appearing, writes David Hymers.

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Published: 15 December 2017

Topping-out ceremony at Mercia Marina

THE official topping-out ceremony has taken place at Mercia Marina’s new £3m retail, restaurant and office development, named The Piazza, built alongside the Trent & Mersey Canal marina's Boardwalk.

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Published: 15 December 2017

The time to worry

FOR the 100 or so residents moored at Sawley Marina on the Trent, with flood alerts for the three nearby rivers it is indeed the time to worry.

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Published: 14 December 2017

The BCN could run dry in 2018

THE main water supply to the Birmingham Canal Navigations is Chasewater Reservoir that was cut off earlier this year by Staffordshire County Council owing to the failure of a valve, that has left the water supply to the BCN in a perilous position.

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Published: 14 December 2017

Apprehension at Canal & River Trust

A LONG serving manager at Canal & River Trust tells us that there is great apprehension amongst fellow managers in fear of loosing their jobs at the Trust.

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Published: 14 December 2017

WRG camps for 2018

THE Waterway Recovery Group’s Canal Camp programme will feature 28 Canal Camps across 13 different waterways in 2018.

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Published: 14 December 2017

Protests of wide beam boats using Oxford Canal

BOATERS are complaining of the use of wide beam boats using the North Oxford Canal, that is built as a narrow canal with limited width.

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Published: 13 December 2017

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