A LARGE bag full of yellow plastic ducks being transported to the Mon & Brec Canal for its duck race, very nearly did not make it.
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THE Kennet & Avon Canal Trust is wanting skippers for its Hungerford based trip boat Rose of Hungerford, with the offer to train volunteers to Maritime & Coastguard Agency Boatmaster level.
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ALTHOUGH the police were brought in to investigate the boat outboard engine thefts at Sawley Marina earlier this year, engines are still being stolen.
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A GOOD selection of trading boats as well as historic and decorated boats will be on show at Maesbury Canal Festival on the Montgomery Canal.
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THE Leeds & Liverpool Canal is closed at Lock 64 at Johnson's Hill Flight, the bottom lock, and again it is a cill that needs repairing.
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SUCH is the growth of the Azolla Weed on the Huddersfield Broad Canal, that Canal & River Trust has released around 4,000 weed munching weevils to control it.
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THE Three Mills Lock by the Olympic Stadium is to be open to the public tomorrow (Saturday) as a visitor attraction.
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LACK of water on the Oxford Canal caused by the low level of the Cherwell is causing problems for boaters.
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AFTER an investigation lasting over a year, the Waterways Ombudsman, Andrew Walker, has finally upheld a complaint that Canal & River Trust (CaRT) Trustees are ‘failing to ensure that minutes of board meetings and associated papers are being published in a timely manner', writes Allan Richards.
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SOMETHING different on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal as a parade of Historic Lifeboats will take place at Saul Junction for the Bank Holiday weekend as part of the Saul Waterways Pageant.
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