SOMETHING that is sorely needed on the waterways is boat handling training, and now Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal officially opened its new state-of-the-art training centre at Willow Wren.
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REPRESENTATIVES from The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) and Canal & River Trust (CART) met with members of the House of Commons HS2 Select Committee last week.
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OUR Pam Pickett has been asked to apologise on behalf of Canal & River Trust to Tony Dunkley in respect of the way it treated him in the matter of the mooring of his work boat.
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DURING an archaeological dig during the 12th to 14th September on Gosden Meadow at Bramley, the lost Lock 22— Tanyard Lock—of the Wey & Arun Canal was discovered below ground.
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THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) has advertised for two ‘independent' members to help form a new Waterways Ombudsman Committee, writes Allan Richards.
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THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) have admitted to providing false evidence to a court in the Tony Dunkley case (CaRT's cruising climbdown), writes Allan Richards. The admission follows a request for information made by Mr Dunkley almost a month ago.
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IT WAS when we realised we were moored for the night just by King's Orchard Marina on the Coventry Canal, that we thought an investigation would be appropriate.
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AND SO to Foxton and its famous locks, and an astounding difference—every lock gate swung with a gentle touch and stayed either open or shut; the paddles were a joy to operate and very little leakage.
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THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) Waterways Partnerships are draining CaRT resources and will fail to become self sufficient by the end of 2014 as promised, writes Allan Richards.
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SO IT was away from the now recommended Leicester pontoon and along the Leicester 'mile' of mooring rings and bollards, early morning, with not a single boat in sight, meaning its vandal reputation had remained, which is a pity with all that the city has to offer.
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