AS AN amateur photographer I have followed various photo competitions run by the boating community, and I feel I must remark that your photograph by Ted Williamson of the blue tit on his hand on the towpath puts many of them in the shade, writes Jane Greer.
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A NEW boating season starts and the Kennet & Avon gets its first failure—the pumps at Crofton supplying water to the summit pound.
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TWO new 'consultations' are currently being conducted, both of which could have a significant impact on the cost of boating, writes David Hymers.
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THE guide to the Lancaster Canal has now been updated with new text and illustrations and is now available.
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THE Fazeley Waterway office on the junction of the Birmingham & Fazeley and Coventry canals is now closed.
This was permanently shut at Easter, and though the water point and Elsan facilities are still available, the rubbish compound is closed, with boaters told not to leave rubbish, Keith Gudgin tells us.
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DRIFTERS Waterway Holidays have combined with Canal & River Trust to give would-be hirers free trial sessions from many bases across the system.
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EASTER Monday saw the celebration of the the Kennet & Avon Canal Trust's trip boat, Jubilee, that has been operating trips along the waterway for 40 years.
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A WALKER on the towpath of the Trent & Mersey Canal in Burton-on-Trent was shocked to find a man bleeding from stab wounds lying on the towpath above Dallow Lock.
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IT IS VERY obvious that there are many boaters who firmly believe that rules just do not apply to them, allowing them to moor where they want, for how long they want and break a few more rules in the meantime.
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THERE has been a most tragic end to a family’s Easter hire boat holiday when a man heard a splash in the dark and discovered his wife had fallen in and he was unable to locate her in the dark
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