THOUGH Banbury Canal Day had been cancelled this year owing to planned building work around its site, it will now go ahead.
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LOCAL businesses in Banbury were so fed-up of the state of the towpath of the Oxford Canal in Banbury, that they have donated a shredder to a local canal volunteer group so the towpath and surrounding paths can be kept tidy.
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THE Canal & River Trust has closed the Stourbridge Canal as a suspicious device has been discovered.
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ROWERS, as opposed to canoeists, do not, and can not use canals, due to blindingly obvious width restrictions, writes Geoff Low.
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From my memory a far greater obstacle to this project will be Warwick Castle who objected the first time. Perhaps Merlin Entertainments who own/run this along with Alton Towers and many other theme parks will be more accommodating especially if they want favourable treatment elsewhere.
Martin Hunt
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THERE were a few 'fireworks' at the Annual General Meeting of the Canal & River Trust last year, so surprise, surprise, attendance this time is rather limited and not too easy to obtain.
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IT WAS some 30 years ago that the Avon Navigation Trust proposed plans to extend the navigational Avon from Stratford to link up with the Grand Union Canal and now there is a further proposal.
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I HAVE to admit that I have no problem whatsoever with canoes on the canals, it is rowers that bother me writes Vic Creedy.
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AFTER struggling with the tide to get off the Ouse, a couple were glad to get into a marina on the Nene, where they tell us they were made very welcome indeed.
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Quick attention to Sykehouse Road Bridge on the New Junction Canal after a heavy goods vehicle has damaged the barrier, means it is now working and the navigation open.
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