NOTWITHSTANDING the Environment Agency's continued purge against residents at Hartford Marina on the River Great Ouse, it was found to have no basis.
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CLOSING the Garrison Flight due to an unsafe building may seem sensible to the occasional boater but this decision needs to be put into context of the overall risk of boating throughout the year. Ralph Freeman suggests:
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TO COMPLETE a new bridge which will allow a section of the Wey & Arun Canal to be opened its Trust is seeking to raise £120,000 to finish the crossing in Alfold, its largest restoration scheme so far.
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THE Canal & River Trust told us yesterday that despite a big push by the contractors on site, deteriorating weather and equipment breakdowns has slowed progress on the work on the breach of the Macclesfield Canal.
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WHILST stoppages in the cruising season are inevitably unwelcome, there is a more complex consideration, writes Mike Todd.
I realise it is the done thing for the Canal & River Trust to get the blame for all the stoppages these days, but are we forgetting the canals are now around 200 years old and need a lot of attention?
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I was surprised when I got to the Aston Flight to find it closed, as it was being repaired, as there was no intimation of this when we turned under Spaghetti Junction, so had to go back.
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THE success of the Open Days at the new White Mills Marina at Earls Barton on the Nene, has prompted three more this summer.
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NOTWITHSTANDING the Canal & River Trust website stating the Welford Arm is closed, it is in fact open.
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DUE to the overwhelming pressure of bad publicity and boaters unable to either get into or out of Birmingham on to the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal, due to two closures, Canal & River Trust have re-opened the Aston Flight.
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