MY GOOD friends Irene and Nick Scott ran hotel boats on the Scottish Canals but it was the turning of the Falkirk Wheel into what Nick described as a theme park that decided them to pull out, writes Malcolm Fresh.
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THE old building at Froghall Basin at the southern end of the Caldon Canal has been turned into an attractive café by a local entrepreneur.
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AS the Houses of Parliament sits by the Thames, it was rather obvious that the authorities would eventually launch a simulated terrorist attack on the river, and did so yesterday (Sunday).
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COMPLETELY disregarding the fact that the Falkirk Wheel was constructed to transport boats between the Forth & Clyde and Union canals, a plan is afoot to stop all such use.
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WITH the news that planning consent has been given for a 24 apartment residential development in Castlefield Basin in Manchester comes the worry that moorings will be cut.
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IT IS being claimed that there is a serial killer 'Pusher' in Bristol that is pushing young men to their deaths into the Avon.
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IF YOU happen to be cruising the Coventry Canal at Atherstone and your boat's carpets or floor coverings are a bit the worse for wear, then you are in the right place.
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THERE will be something special at the South Pennine Boat Club's Regatta this year—a famous ice cream!
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OVER this winter's stoppage season Canal & River Trust has brought in a policy of 'no stopping at stoppages'.
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THOUGH Woking Borough Council would like the Canal & River Trust to take over its neglected canal, there has been no agreement.
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