THE Droitwich Barge Canal is now closed to navigation owing to a 'leak' between locks 3 and 4 on the Ladywood Flight.
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I WAS tempted to write a review of the last year on the inland waterways. Then looking back through my copious notes. I came to realise that I would be writing the sequel to 'War and Peace' if only in the length of the text, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.
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THE Canal & River Trust is now wanting volunteers to meet boaters as they arrive at Albert or Salthouse Docks after coming down the Liverpool Link.
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WOULDN'T it make more sense to employ lengthsmen/lock keepers/engineering staff on a full time basis and outsource or use volunteers for the heritage/wildlife/environmental/PR/office jobs? Asks Ralph Freeman.
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THE fitting of tracking devices is a double edged sword. The first is that I would find it an intrusion into my privacy, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.
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Before everybody starts getting excited about this idea [trackers in boats], which I thought was initially a tongue in cheek comment, think on about the really big project awaiting universally fitted trackers.
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BOATERS using damp wood and logs in their stoves could be risking a triple whammy including increased costs, stove damage and carbon monoxide poisoning, Rob McLean of the Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) writes.
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THE day after narrowboatworld (Still looking into the hole) stated that silence still surrounded Canal & River Trust's closure of the Trent & Mersey Canal at Dutton, an update was eventually published.
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I WOULD join you in having a tracker fitted but there would have to be conditions. It must not be the only thing that defines mooring times, distances travelled etc writes Keith Gudgin.
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I FULLY agree with Peter's suggestion that every licenced boat on the system should have a tracker fitted. To quote the words of a prime minister 'anyone who has a problem with that, has a problem'.
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