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Fire victim named

THE boater who died in the fire on the narrowboat earlier this week (Stove suspected for boaters death) has been named by the police.
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Published: 28 November 2014

Reminding the Trust...

JUST having had another a close call with a cyclist on the towpath while walking the dog, Mick Fitzgibbons believes it is time to give the Trust another reminder.

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Published: 28 November 2014

Rowers should give way

CONCERNING the email by Chris Hutchins telling of the behaviour of rowers on the Soar, Rod Fox writes:

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Published: 28 November 2014

Email: Rowers too

I know that speeding canoeists are bad enough, but the speed that rowers flirt downstream on the Soar above Kegworth Deep Lock must take some beating.

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Published: 27 November 2014

A chip off the old Bloc?

A FEW days ago Canal & River Trust (CaRT) issued a press release headlining as ‘New £20 million development planned for canalside site' writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 27 November 2014

Keeping boats forward

IT IS not enough to tell inexperienced boaters to keep forward when descending a lock, writes Mike Todd.

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Published: 27 November 2014

Want guidelines on removing sunk boats

NOTWITHSTANDING a CaRT spokesman stating there are only 'a handful of sinking a year', the situation has become such a problem that the industry met with the Trust to establish an accepted procedure for raising the ever increasing number of boats sunk in locks.

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Published: 26 November 2014

Email: Canoeists and rowers

I was under the, obviously mistaken, impression that you only included stories concerning narrowboats and that canoeists did not come under your remit, but pleased to see that they do.

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Published: 26 November 2014

Canoeists causing mayhem

I AM a continuous cruiser narrowboater and at present I am moored on a 14 days visitor mooring at Linslade/Leighton Buzzard on the Grand Union Canal. writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 26 November 2014

Missing the point

THE Floating Bookshop row is set to escalate with even the BBC now reporting the story (CaRT to close floating bookshop), writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 26 November 2014

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