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Should address non-tidal first

I RESPONDED to the CART Survey on the tidal Trent by suggesting that CaRT address the problems of the non-tidal river first! Writes Mike Stone.

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Published: 08 April 2015

University crew had to be rescued

THE Oxford University's women's boat crew have had to be rescued from the Thames by the RNLI lifeboat after being water-logged.

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Published: 08 April 2015

Body in Sawley Cut—man arrested

THE Body of a woman was discovered on Easter Sunday floating in Sawley Cut next to Derby Motorboat Club, with a man arrested.

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Published: 08 April 2015

Left circling on the tidal Trent

I WAS rather intrigued by the articles in narrowboatworld about CaRT encouraging boaters to use the tidal Trent below Cromwell weir, so here is our first experience of boating on the Trent, taken from the log for 2012, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 08 April 2015

Reasonably good and pleasant experience

Why are boaters afraid of the tidal Trent? I can honestly say that my last experience was a reasonably good and pleasant experience, writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 08 April 2015

No problems at all on the Trent

WE FIRST cruised the Trent from Keadby to Torksey in the mid 90s on a boat hired from Selby, writes Pete Earley.

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Published: 08 April 2015

Café still going strong

A BOAT café business that was started at Easter last year is still going strong with the good weather bringing in a great many customers over the recent holiday period.

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Published: 08 April 2015

You must have the power

That survey that CaRT hopes will help to get more boaters on to the tidal Trent misses a very salient point, that Victor did not, writes Gerry Varley.

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Published: 06 April 2015

Survey cannot help

I feel that Canal & River Trust in its attempt to get more boaters on to the tidal Trent should have someone who knows telling prospective boaters what is what, for I cannot see how a survey completed by people who have not used it can help, writes, James Henry.

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Published: 06 April 2015

Burnt to death on towpath

A MAN was found on fire on the towpath of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in Blackburn over the holiday period, and later died from his burns.

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Published: 06 April 2015

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