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Email: Plenty of moorings

David Harpin's comments about the lack of residential moorings sum up the situation about continuous cruising quite succinctly, but not I suspect in the way he intended.

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Published: 08 May 2014

Good weekend at Pillings

THE sun shined, the people came and the On the Water Weekend at Pilling's Lock Marina on the Soar was nothing short of a resounding success, Paul Lillie writes.

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Published: 08 May 2014

Oxford closed for a week

A FAILURE at Napton Flight on the Oxford Canal that cannot be complete at least until tomorrow (Friday) means the canal has been closed all week.

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Published: 08 May 2014

"CaRT stole my boat. I want it back."

DURING January the Canal & River Trust hit the headlines when it evicted a mentally ill boater 'Maggie' from her home with its Section 8 rules (CaRT admits mentally ill eviction), it having great repercussions. And Maggie is back in town—accusing CaRT of stealing her boat.

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Published: 08 May 2014

Audlem lose Floating Market

COMPLETE lack of support for the Roving Canal Traders Association's (RCTA) August Bank Holiday floating market by Audlem Parish Council and its land based businesses has resulted in it now being moved to Market Drayton, where it has been welcomed.

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Published: 08 May 2014

Ridiculous statistics

As we all know statistics can be used selectively to justify almost any statement .... and are frequently so employed to substantiate statements that cannot otherwise be given credibility, writes Jimmy Lockwood.

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Published: 07 May 2014

Sponsor the boss

THERE is one thing we can say about Canal & River Trust Chief Executive Richard Parry—he does get stuck in!

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Published: 07 May 2014

Change a maggot into a fly!

IN THE lead up to the transformation of British Waterways into the Canal & River Trust, one wag at the time likened it to the change of a maggot into a fly. The inference being that neither was wanted! Writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 07 May 2014

Lack of residential moorings

Having come across your website I perused the letters and opinions. I am in the process of checking out moorings prior to purchasing a narrow boat. One thing I have noticed is the distinct lack of permanent/residential moorings. I want to have a home base for winter and cruise the system during the warmer months, writes David Harpin.

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Published: 07 May 2014

CaRT's Head of Governance lends a hand

FOLLOWING a recent visit to Holme Lock on the Trent by Canal & River Trust's Head of Governance, Roger Hanbury, Darren Wood's licence was re-instated, this despite his licence having previously been revoked (Confused leisure boater) on the alleged grounds of ‘overstaying on a visitor mooring', writes Pam Pickett.

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Published: 07 May 2014

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