HAVING told that General Towpath Mooring (GTM) permits were being discontinued because they 'had not worked very well last year' (No General Towpath Moorings this winter), Canal & River Trust (CaRT) have finally admitted the truth. They are illegal!
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THE start to our usual Autumn cruise started at Fradley Junction, for our Thomas, getting a little long in the tooth, dreads those six awkward broad locks from Derwent Mouth off the Trent, so gets someone to take the boat to the junction.
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SHORTLY after its formation some three years ago, Canal & River Trust was suggesting that about two thirds of boats without a home mooring were not compliant, but it is understood that only three boaters, Andy Wingfield, Tony Dunkley and Geoff Mayers have been ever been taken to court.
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THE Canal & River Trust as an organisation, comes in for its fair share of criticism, and rightly so in my book. Whether it's its constantly shifting goal posts vis its terms and conditions, the visibly deteriorating state of the canal system or its over-paid and under-achieving office boys, there isn't much love for CaRT, writes Gareth Haines.
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IT WAS a tight squeeze indeed for the Dutch barge wide beam through Sawley Flood Lock Bridge, but the owner need have no fear...
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A NEW way has been devised to inspect the Anderton Boat Lift, saving it being swathed in scaffolding—by using abseilers.
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THE Trent & Mersey Canal at Stone is still closed after the lock failure on Monday and the Rufford Branch on the Leeds & Liverpool too, since June.
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IT WAS Marine & Industrial Ltd, in conjunction with Jotun Paints and 3M that organised a Spray Paint Seminar at Tamworth, with a painter from Glasson Marina being the best boat painter.
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