MY PARTNER and I chose to have a permanent winter mooring this year as we both fancied a rest from cruising for a few months, and chose Sawley Cut but it is terrible, writes Karen Mitchell.
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LAST year Easter [End of winter moorings] was in March so CaRT only issued winter mooring permits up to the end of February giving four months, (Nov, Dec, Jan & Feb), writes Keith Gudgin.
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THOUGH I admit that as a continuous cruiser I have considered taking a winter mooring, I just do not see the point, writes Gerry Varley.
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REGULAR readers many remember that way back in June a boat sank in the Soar by Meadow Farm Marina, and we were told it was a hazard to boating.
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THE Lymm Cruising Club is well known for its Christmas activities on the Bridgewater Canal, with this year no exception with the theme being a Dickensian Festival.
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THIS time however not a drunk student staggering into the river at night, but a a man, though knowing he could not swim, who jumped into a river when urged by his 'friends' and drowned.
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RIVER Canal Rescue has announced dates for its 2017 boat and engine maintenance and electrics courses. Run monthly from February to November they cover; diesel engines, transmissions, boat plumbing, boat electrics, lay-up and refit procedures.
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THE water supply to the tap that leaked at Lower Heyford has now been attended to and is usable, though still leaking a little.
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THE Canal & River Trust has reported that more boaters than ever before are taking up winter moorings this year.
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I have no wish to add to the grief of those who have lost their loved ones to the Avon in Bath, but I would not have thought that 18 steps down to the river for a memorial is a sensible idea.
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