FOLLOWING on the news that the Soar is to be used as a new canoe 'trail' comes news that another such trail is envisaged across the Pennines.
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I HAD a most welcome visit from Richard Parry a few days ago. Its not often that you get to have a direct one-to-one chat with the boss. He spent some time with us on the boat and we had a good chat about this and that. Writes Mick Fitzgibbons.
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INTERESTING to read the comments about locks being damaged by boats. I can assure your correspondents that boats can and do cause a tremendous amount of damage to locks, writes Richard Swan.
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QUESTION: Can other towpath users use the duck lanes if no ducks are present? Asks Ralph Freeman.
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I THINK your readers may have missed the object of the move by Canal & River Trust to install duck lanes on the towpaths, writes Jimmy Lockwood.
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BWML (British Waterways Marinas Ltd) is installing diesel pumps at both its Galgate Marina, near Lancaster and Ripon Racecourse Marina.
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IT MAY be the start of the season, when all should have been ready and prepared on the waterways, but alas, nothing could be further from the truth, with two more lock closures today (Tuesday).
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THE Canal & River Trust has provided a new canoe 'trail' on the on the Soar from Trent Lock to Narborough, to encourage more canoeists to the waterway.
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Just read James Henry's article about Canal & River Trust using us boaters as an excuse for its poor maintenance of locks, and he has hit the nail on the head.
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