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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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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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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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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THE Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation, that suffered a lock failure, will not be re-opened until next week.
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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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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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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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Just read the article about all the stoppages on the Leicester Section but no stoppage notices issued by CaRT.
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THE Leicester Section of the Grand Union Canal is being closed numerous times over the next few months, though no normal stoppage notices have been sent out by Canal & River Trust.
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