THERE were extra hands helping the Buckingham Canal Society, as volunteers came together during Volunteers Week to help with the canal restoration project at Cosgrove.
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ANOTHER day—another canal closure, this time the Walsall Canal, with Canal & River Trust admitting the closure is due to deterioration.
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I FIND it very strange that that no one seems to mention any of the wildlife or what happens to it when these so-called vandals strike and drain pounds, writes Robert Smith.
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FOR those of you who are at a loss to understand the heading, BiWota, it is British Inland Waterway on the Air—radio amateurs.
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THE 'significant leak' on the Lancaster Canal has proved to be a hole in its bed, so the waterway is now closed at Lune Aqueduct.
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IT WAS quick action by River Canal Rescue (RCR) raising a sunken narrowboat that had its rudder trapped in Thurlwood Lock gates at Rode Heath on Heartbreak Hill on the Trent & Mersey Canal that enabled the canal to be quickly re-opened.
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WE ARE currently exploring the Lancaster Canal, the last piece of the connected system that we have never been on, at least until one of the restoration projects comes to fruition. It is also our furthest North, since it beats Ripon by a couple of miles.
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DENVER Sluice, that links the Middle Level and River Great Ouse to the tidal river is out of action until further notice.
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FOLLOWING a long campaign by narrowboatworld, Canal & River Trust (CaRT) is selling its shareholding in Drifters Leisure, the hire boat booking company, writes Allan Richards.
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A NUMBER of boaters have contacted us stating that they are receiving demands from Canal & River Trust for an extra £150 for their boat licences that have already been paid!
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