TO FURTHER the attraction of Mercia Marina moorings, six commercial units have been released with the Mug Tug being the latest to take up 'residence'.
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WHILST not wishing to make waves I have to ask how it is that the 14 days rule for boaters mooring on a towpath, as laid out in the 1995 Waterways Act, can be so easily changed, purely to suit the purpose of the Trust? Asks Pam Pickett.
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IN ITS proposed changes to legislation Canal & River Trust refer (endlessly) to ‘waterway'. writes Jimmy Lockwood.
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I FIND it strange how the National Bargees Travellers Association and supporters, seem set on a permanent collision course with CaRT by claiming they are being intimidated with threats of ‘eviction and intimidation', writes Eric Weiss.
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A VOLUNTEER lock keeper was quite proud at getting a quad bike for getting up and down the locks at Devizes, but just could not control it, and ended up with it plunging into a lock.
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A PRANK by the owner of the narrowboat Tiger Moth, moored on the Thames at Reading caused a full terror alert with police and army rushing to intercept it.
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THE man who murdered his 'friend', cut up his body and dumped it in a canal in a suitcase has been sentenced to 19 years in jail.
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THE Wool Boat, Emma Maye, is joining the second National Yarn Shop Day, moored at Rode Heath on the Trent & Mersey Canal, where the owners will be offering their wares.
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THE other correspondents on this topic [tidal Trent] articulate their experiences well. I have cruised the tidal Trent for the entire distance to Trent Falls on a friend's Broads cruiser, writes Lynda' O'Hare.
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THE Chesterfield Canal Trust will be showing some of the treasures from its archive at Hollingwood Hub that includes an original copy of the 1771 Act of Parliament, which enabled the canal to be built.
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