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