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The Bridgewater charges

I HAVE a share in a narrowboat based at Bartington Wharf, at the top end of the Trent & Mersey, so the new charges will obviously have some effect, writes Peter Gregory.

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Published: 27 June 2016

How did they miss the hole?

LOOKING at the Canal & River Trust's contractors' Kier, website, it would appear that building is its main concern, living accommodation, shops and the like and even motorways, writes James Henry.

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Published: 27 June 2016

Volunteers for trip boat

NOTWITHSTANDING the poor weather, John Bunyan, Bedford's Community Boat is proving so successful this year  that in order to keep up with the demand for boat cruises from the local community the boat team needs to increase the number of volunteers.

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Published: 27 June 2016

Victor: No updates (last) week

YES, my friends, I have to tell you that there will be no further updates to narrowboatworld this week—our esteemed editor will no longer be with us.

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Published: 27 June 2016

Victor: Not good

SO THE breach on the Macclesfield lasted just a week before it started to leak, it being repaired by Canal & River Trust's chosen contractor, Kier, a firm I am only too well aware of.

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Published: 26 June 2016

Carbon monoxide fumes killed boaters

IT HAS been revealed that the couple and their dog found dead on a boat on the Norfolk Broads were killed by carbon monoxide fumes, as was thought.

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Published: 25 June 2016

S&SY Navigation closed until next week

THE Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation, that suffered a lock failure, will not be re-opened until next week.

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Published: 24 June 2016

Another sunken boat

ANOTHER boat has been caught on a lock cill, this time on the Grand Union Canal in Hemel Hempstead with the navigation closed.

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Published: 24 June 2016

Macclesfield still open

VERY good news for boaters and hire companies is that though the original repair to the Macclesfield Canal at Bollington failed, (Macclesfield breach repair hasn't held) the canal is still open.

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Published: 24 June 2016

New tactic?

HAVING 'stalked' and even resorted to outright harassment of, in some cases, members of the continuous cruiser and liveaboard communities, it now appears to be the turn of the hire/share boat/holiday maker sector to feel the 'benefit' (sic) of having an unaccountable Trust in charge of the waterways, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 24 June 2016

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