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Catfish discovered in Walsall Canal

NORMALLY found in rivers in South America, a catfish has been discovered—alive—in Walsall Canal.

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Published: 18 August 2017

IWA having problems getting advertisers

SUCH are the problems getting advertising for the Inland Waterways Association 'Festival of Water’ event programme, that its rates have been chopped to less than a half.

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Published: 18 August 2017

Four 'emergency navigation closures' on Leicester Line

The Canal & River Trust has revealed that there are to be four 'emergency navigation closures' on the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal during September and October.

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Published: 17 August 2017

Duck weed takes over at Olympic Park

BOATING in the capital has come to a standstill as the hot weather has produced a green 'sea' of duck weed.

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Published: 17 August 2017

Diabolical state of Hatton paddle gear

I am most pleased someone has at last told of the diabolical state of the paddle gear on the Hatton Flight of locks, writes Julie Woodvine.

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Published: 17 August 2017

CaRT now into weddings

THE Canal & River Trust are now organising weddings, starting at Standedge Visitor Centre on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.

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Published: 17 August 2017

A trip on the Wild Side on the Stour

I HAVE lived in Thanet for nearly 40 years but until today I had never taken a river trip in nearby Sandwich on the Stour, admits Alan Tilbury.

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Published: 16 August 2017

Appalled at the state of Hatton paddle gear

WE USE the Hatton flight of 21 locks every couple of years and have watched its condition decline and rise and fall again over the last 30 years, writes Roger Fox.

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Published: 16 August 2017

New Chesterfield Canal find is a 'Cuckoo' boat

WORKERS at an archaeological dig at Staveley at an old basin on the Chesterfield Canal have discovered an original 'Cuckoo' boat.

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Published: 16 August 2017

Workshops Open Day

THE Canal & River Trust is organising an Open Day at  Apperley Bridge workshops, on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal.

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Published: 16 August 2017

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