SPRING is sprung, boats are moving and it would seem that it is not only speeding cyclists that are out and about on the canals writes Orph Mable.
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A CREW of volunteers from the construction industry will be taking to the Grand Union Canal next month to recreate the demanding journeys made by 19th Century bargees in a bid to raise cash for two charities.
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THE 'leak' on the Peak Forest Canal is to be patched to enable boaters to use the canal over the Easter period but will then be closed for a more permanent repair.
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THE Canal & River Trust have announced that its sham Ombudsman is to remain in office, writes Allan Richards.
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THERE are just two days left before the start of the official cruising season, and I am wondering if we will get to the end of the week without a stoppage, writes James Henry.
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I have been completely away from the boating scene for the past few years, (out of the country) but my circumstances have changed and I will be joining a partner and taking delivery of a narrowboat come the 1st of April, though alas not a new one.
I of course came back with my introduction being narrowboatworld a few weeks ago (you included a couple of my emails in the past) but I was aghast at how what was then British Waterways has changed, as it seems the canals are low on the new company's list of priorities.
Everyone must realise that continuously cutting the cost spent on maintenance to spend on other things is no way to run the canals, as the increasing number of failures surely show.
I have the feeling that this new experience of the canals will not be as good as the last.
Jane Crowder
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AS FROM this week, Canal & River Trust (CaRT) will have a new Finance Director, Sandra Kelly, writes Allan Richards.
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IT IS six months ago that a jetty was left half-completed in Market Drayton on the Shropshire Union Canal, and is a danger, especially to children.
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THE Dudley Canal Tunnel and Limestone Mines are putting on a special display this Easter holiday, as they decorate the tunnels and caverns with hundreds of eggs hand-painted by local school children.
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