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A missed opportunity

Like several other narrowboatworld contributors I was surprised (actually, in hindsight I probably wasn't!) to read that hire boats would be given preferential treatment in navigating through the partially opened Napton Flight, writes John Howard.

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Published: 12 May 2014

BCNS Explorer Cruise—day two

BCNS Explorer Cruise day two, and a fairly uneventful six miles cruise up the Rushall Canal to the Manor Arms pub at Daw End, writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 12 May 2014

BCNS Explorer cruise—day one

WHAT is it actually like to take part in the Birmingham Canal Navigations Society (BCNS) Explorer cruise? Our contributor Keith Gudgin tells you...

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Published: 11 May 2014

Email: Napton delay

It is alright Ann Davies trying to tell us how few boats were held up by the stoppage at Napton on the Wednesday, but there were well over a dozen by Friday at the top.

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Published: 11 May 2014

Email: Hire boats come first

It is very clear that Ann Davies is only interested in the hire boats from what she writes, with CaRT too believing they are all important.

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Published: 11 May 2014

Still Napton Flight restrictions

THOUGH Canal & River Trust told that Napton Flight was now open after the repair to the wall of Lock 10, there are still restrictions in place.

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Published: 10 May 2014

Who cares about the 14 days rule?

I DO and so should all boaters, writes Simon Greer.
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Published: 10 May 2014

Hire fleets co-ordinated in stoppage

I HEARD directly from CART staff on the Bank Holiday Monday of the incident just 30 minutes after it had happened, and was told that engineers would be on site first thing Tuesday for an assessment of the damage/repair. In the meantime I personally visited the site to just see the problem for myself, writes Ann Davies of Napton Narrowboats.

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Published: 10 May 2014

Napton Flight reopened

THE Napton Lock Flight on the Oxford Canal has reopened today (Friday) after an emergency four day closure following the collapse of a waterway wall at lock 10.

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Published: 09 May 2014

Burning lorry just missed waterway

A LORRY carrying fertiliser burst into flames as it crashed through the barriers of Rawcliffe Bridge over the Aire & Calder Navigation near Goole yesterday (Thursday).

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Published: 09 May 2014

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