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New locks gates a disgrace

I HAD been completely unaware of the works at Camden until I arrived there last Friday on my way down the Regent's Canal. No warning signs anywhere, writes Roger Fox.

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Published: 29 August 2016

Snake in the Caldon Canal

THE police are warning people that there is a 10ft snake on the loose in the Caldon Canal at Eldon, and warning anyone seeing it to keep away.

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Published: 29 August 2016

Narrowboat hits landrover!

CRUISING on the Avon a narrowboat came to a sudden halt—it had hit a Landrover!

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Published: 29 August 2016

Child in pushchair in river

WITHIN the space of a few days there have been two incidents of 'chairs' rolling into the waterways together with their occupants, but both luckily had people to pull them out.

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Published: 26 August 2016

Pumps need replacing

THOUGH not of course aware of the condition of the pumps supplying the pound at Bradford-on-Avon on the Kennet & Avon Canal, the many failures surely point to them needing replacing.

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Published: 26 August 2016

Thames Water removes water tap

THE water point at Tyle Mill on the Kennet & Avon Canal is our of action as the tap is missing, and was first thought to have been stolen.

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Published: 25 August 2016

No parts yet for Plank Lane

THE engineers working to repair Plank Lane Lift Bridge on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal are still awaiting parts.

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Published: 25 August 2016

New hope for Chesterfield completion

THE biggest restriction to the completion of the restoration of the Chesterfield Canal is Norwood Tunnel, that collapsed due to mining subsidence in 1907, ending passage from the Trent to Chesterfield.

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Published: 25 August 2016

Closure six for three weeks

THOUGH this week's closure number five at Selby where a swing bridge over the Ouse failed, was attended to very quickly, however closure number six will take much longer.

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Published: 25 August 2016

Woman in wheelchair fell in canal

A MAN let go of the wheelchair in which his wife was sitting, and not having been first braked, it rolled and landed in the Llangollen Canal near the town.

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Published: 24 August 2016

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