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Two gripes

TWO perennial gripes amongst boaters are speed passing moored boats and dog poo on the towpath writes Peter Lloyd.
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Published: 31 July 2014

Denied access to Gloucester

I have just received a telephone call (Wednesday afternoon) from a boater who has been denied access to Gloucester on his boat, writes Amy Dickerson.

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Published: 31 July 2014

Filming comes first

If you are aiming to go through Gloucester Lock between 9am and 7pm on Monday 18th August, you can't, and there will be hold ups 'for a few weeks' whilst third party filming is taking place.

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Published: 30 July 2014

The Phuket Club

Regarding Ralph Freeman and the Lazy Buggers Charter. When the restructuring took place and the new 'directorates' (an internal job and bonus creation scheme) were plucked out of thin air, a further possibly unintended consequence was released on the cut, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 30 July 2014

Shireoaks all locked-up

THE visitor moorings at Shireoaks Marina on the Chesterfield Canal were ousted onto the towpath on Monday, with the marina fenced off and locked.

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Published: 30 July 2014

College Cruisers scuppered

THE boat hire company, College Cruisers, that has been operating from its yard at the bottom of the Oxford Canal for 40 years has had to give up two thirds of its premises in the middle of its season.

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Published: 30 July 2014

The Waterways Ombudsman scandal

FOLLOWING concerns expressed by the National Association of Boat Owners (NABO), Waterways Ombudsman, Andrew Walker, has claimed that he is independent despite reporting direct to Canal & River Trust and not operating under rules of an independent scheme, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 30 July 2014

A night of Presley

CHURCH Minshull Aqueduct Marina on the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal recently held its 5th charity fund raiser weekend for Hearing Dogs for the Deaf, raising approximately £1,000 over the course of two days.

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Published: 28 July 2014

Email: Looking after boaters

I can confirm what you said in your article about Mercia Marina, they do look after the boaters.

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Published: 28 July 2014

Lazy Buggers Charter?

ALL IS becoming clear. Richard Parry has spotted, or has been informed about, what I will call the LBC, The 'Lazy Buggers Charter', that has lain at the centre of BW/CaRT's maintenance procedures for many years, writes Ralph Freeman.

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Published: 28 July 2014

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