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Two more closures

DEFINITELY no prizes for guessing where this week's closure number two is situated.
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Published: 31 August 2016

Counted moored boats proved Times correct

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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Published: 31 August 2016

This week's first closure

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

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Published: 30 August 2016

New locks gates a disgrace

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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Published: 29 August 2016

Snake in the Caldon Canal

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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Published: 29 August 2016

Narrowboat hits landrover!

CRUISING on the Avon a narrowboat came to a sudden halt—it had hit a Landrover!

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Published: 29 August 2016

Child in pushchair in river

WITHIN the space of a few days there have been two incidents of 'chairs' rolling into the waterways together with their occupants, but both luckily had people to pull them out.

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Published: 26 August 2016

Pumps need replacing

THOUGH not of course aware of the condition of the pumps supplying the pound at Bradford-on-Avon on the Kennet & Avon Canal, the many failures surely point to them needing replacing.

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Published: 26 August 2016

Thames Water removes water tap

THE water point at Tyle Mill on the Kennet & Avon Canal is our of action as the tap is missing, and was first thought to have been stolen.

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Published: 25 August 2016

No parts yet for Plank Lane

THE engineers working to repair Plank Lane Lift Bridge on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal are still awaiting parts.

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Published: 25 August 2016

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