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Swing bridges still out of action

BOTH the Sheffield Swingbridge on the Kennet & Avon and the Snaygill Swing Bridge on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal are still both out of action.

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Published: 01 September 2016

Strange lock winding

TO ASSIST boaters at Hawkesbury Junction there is to be a lock winding day organised by the Coventry Canal Society.

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Published: 01 September 2016

Hoping to reduce drownings

IN AN attempt to reduce drownings in the Thames, Oxford City Council has launched the campaign Respect for Wild Water, which it hopes will reduce the number of deaths in the river and its tributaries.

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Published: 01 September 2016

Stuck in Factory Lock

BOATERS are complaining that the bottom gate of a lock is leaking so much that it is impossible to get the water level to be able to open the top gate and they are stuck in the lock.

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Published: 01 September 2016

Anti-social moorers

I BELIEVE the great problem with lack of mooring space is that many boaters are anti-social and do not want to be too close to other boats, writes, James Henry.

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Published: 31 August 2016

Email: Too many moored boats

I have never before written to any publication in connection with boating, though I have had a narrowboat now for over 10 years, but the article from Roger Fox this morning has prompted me at last.

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Published: 31 August 2016

Just for a change

READERS who follow the comings and goings of the Oxley engineering team may feel that I don't have time or inclination to follow the day to day issues that beset our navigation system, writes Orph Mable.

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Published: 31 August 2016

Two more closures

DEFINITELY no prizes for guessing where this week's closure number two is situated.
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Published: 31 August 2016

Counted moored boats proved Times correct

I WAS boating on the Grand Union when I read the excellent piece from The Times which described, in my view very accurately, the many boats now seemingly permanently moored along our waterways, writes Roger Fox.

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Published: 31 August 2016

This week's first closure

THIS week's first canal closure was yesterday, Tuesday, but will it beat the record of six last week?

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Published: 30 August 2016

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