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Victor on the Four Counties track

MANY of you will be aware of the difference between the South and North sections of the Staffs & Worcs, where it divides at the junction with the Shroppie, with the then loss of a gate paddle slowing things down.

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Published: 16 September 2016

Victor: Back on the Cart

SO IT'S off the delightful Avon at Tewkesbury, after a most refreshing cruise and back on to the Canal & River Trust waters of the Severn—to me the most boring of the rivers.

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Published: 14 September 2016

Large Thames pleasure boat on fire

A DOUBLE decker pleasure boat caught fire and crashed into a pier at Canary Wharf this afternoon (Sunday) with 142 passengers on board.

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Published: 11 September 2016

Cart has gone quackers!

OR SURELY that must be that Cart (Canal & River Trust) has gone crackers.
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Published: 10 September 2016

Victor: The Avon again

AFTER 11 years we thought it was time for the Avon again, so being able to pick up our boat at Stratford, it was the parting of 50 quid for the privilege and off on the river we went.

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Published: 07 September 2016

'Think again' before cruising the Kennet & Avon

I AM NOT a writer to magazines and websites, preferring to  take the bad with the good, but the experiences of my wife and myself on  the Kennet & Avon Canal has prompted me at last to 'put pen to paper' as it were, writes Rick Nielsen.

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Published: 02 September 2016

Someone is messing with your boat!

AS A BOAT owner and a retired police officer, I read with interest the articles in narrowboatworld regarding the 'Narrowboat burglar', writes John Barr.

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Published: 02 September 2016

Email: Should be for all

We have been boating for over 20 years and have paid for full time moorings for the majority of that period.

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Published: 02 September 2016

Better the devil you know!

JUST had my copy of GOBA [Great Ouse Boating Association] News with the normal praise for the possibility of Canal & River Trust taking over the river, but I think they are living in a dream world, writes James Henry.

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Published: 01 September 2016

Email: Daft choice

I don't know what others think, but I think it is daft choice for Coventry [Canal] Society to pick the Stop Lock at Hawkesbury Junction for lock winding.

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Published: 01 September 2016

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