IN ASSOCIATION with wildlife people Canal & River Trust are developing the Regents Canal in London by planting floating islands of vegetation in the waterway to attract wildlife.
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THOUGH Rushall Flight was closed owing to the broken beam on Lock 2, this has been replaced and the navigation now open, Keith Gudgin tells us.
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A MAP that has been created by Canal & River Trust to guide people around Berkhampsted has been mocked on Facebook as it is in the form of a phallic shape.
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THE crew of the narrowboat Alesha had little chance of averting disaster when the strong Thames Spring tide swept the boat around Hammersmith bridge and crashed it into a moored houseboat yesterday (Wednesday).
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WITH the warmer weather prompting more boaters on to the waterways, River Canal Rescue (RCR) has recorded a new record in call-outs for break-downs.
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THE Fusilier, by the side of the Grand Union Canal at Leamington Spa that was closed last November after the previous owner had a dispute with the brewery has reopened.
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THE Burnley Canal Festival on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal will have a large collection of working, trade and pleasure narrowboats on display, this year taking place over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
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I AGREE with Victor's observations, but disagree with Jimmy Nolan's article 'lack of moving boats' at least with regards to the sections of the Trent & Mersey and Coventry Canals I've cruised on in the last seven days, writes Ralph Freeman.
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THE Heritage Lottery Fund has granted £500,000 towards the Pocklington Canal—but not a single penny of it will go towards its restoration!
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THEY are all here, on the Trent and Mersey, between Hardings Wood Junction, and so far as we head south, Rugeley. Just passed five moving boats in five minutes. Stone was packed out as ever, writes Emma Payne.
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