ON A DAY of rescue training 34 staff from River Canal Rescue were recently put through their paces at Red Hill Marina at the junction of the Soar with the Trent near Nottingham.
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MANY boaters move from marina to marina giving them new cruising routes, with Kings Bromley Marina going that extra mile.
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A LOCK on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal has been damaged we are told by Canal & River Trust, suggesting it is a boat that has caused the problem.
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THIS year Dudley Canal & Tunnel Trust are running a project called Secret Santa in partnership with local organisations who work with families in financial hardship.
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THE Bulbourne barbecue on the summit pound of the Grand Union Canal is now derelict with the metal fire pan corroded and collapsed adding to the pile of litter below.
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While I sympathise with boaters who have problems with lock gates opening or closing at inopportune moments there are other ways to help avoid damage, suggests Bob Hallam.
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There could be a very easy answer to the issue of using unbalanced lock gates, writes Bill Ridgeway.
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My Good Lady was very impressed just how strong Thames lock keepers (male and female) were until we had to work ourselves through a ‘self service’ lock, writes Iain Jones.
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THE two boats that were used to ferry people to the Olympics have been converted into a floating restaurant and moored at Paddington Basin.
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It seems that broken lock gates are now coming thick and fast with the one at Derwent Mouth the latest to be uprooted from its foundations, writes Jim Cracken.
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