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Surfers 'riding' the canals

THE latest hare-brained scheme is using our canals to produce waves for surfers to travel along at speed!

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Published: 14 November 2016

Inappropriate heating

IN MY eight years experience of living aboard, speaking to hundreds of fellow boaters, a common conversation often relates to the number of towpath walkers who ask 'aren't you cold in the winter?', writes John Howard.

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Published: 14 November 2016

Narrowboat so much warmer

I CAN remember at the age of 13 or so living in a house with no insulation whatsoever! It had a pan-tile roof with no liner underneath to boot, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 14 November 2016

Doing it wrong

HAVING read the article Narrowboats too cold for winter living, I am amazed at the prognosis by the doctor, writes Orph Mable.

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Published: 14 November 2016

Buyers conned by fake boat adverts

BOATERS are discovering adverts for their narrowboats are being included on sites such asĀ  Boatzone that are fake.

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Published: 11 November 2016

Work boats for Cotswold Canals

TWO new work boats have been purchased to hold dredged material from the Cotswold Canals to help in its restoration.

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Published: 11 November 2016

Email: Closing Dublin Canals

I am amazed though not at all surprised that Waterways Ireland had closed down the canals in Dublin, it says owing to vandals.
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Published: 11 November 2016

New canalside facilities for Banbury

AS PART of the North Oxfordshire expansion which will provide new homes and associated facilities, Cherwell District Council is keen to incorporate the canal South of Banbury into its plans.

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Published: 11 November 2016

Narrowboats too cold for winter living

HAVING recently attended two live-aboard boaters suffering pneumonia, a doctor has approached narrowboatworld telling of her concerns at the conditions of people living in narrowboats in winter.

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Published: 11 November 2016

Man talked off bridge

A MAN was talked down off the Worcester bridge over the Severn yesterday, after threatening to jump.

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Published: 10 November 2016

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