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Anti-social moorers

I BELIEVE the great problem with lack of mooring space is that many boaters are anti-social and do not want to be too close to other boats, writes, James Henry.

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Published: 31 August 2016

Email: Too many moored boats

I have never before written to any publication in connection with boating, though I have had a narrowboat now for over 10 years, but the article from Roger Fox this morning has prompted me at last.

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Published: 31 August 2016

Just for a change

READERS who follow the comings and goings of the Oxley engineering team may feel that I don't have time or inclination to follow the day to day issues that beset our navigation system, writes Orph Mable.

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Published: 31 August 2016

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

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