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Two days or two weeks?

OUR Keith Gudgin is at present moored on the two days moorings on the Grand Union Canal, with an enforcement officer leaving him in a quandary, and writes:

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Published: 21 November 2014

Tell CaRT when to repair the locks

IT IS most certainly a new approach, with Canal & River Trust actually asking boaters when it should repair two problem locks on the Rochdale Canal.

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Published: 20 November 2014

Thieves steal CaRT equipment

THIEVES broke into the Canal & River Trust's maintenance boats at Atherstone last night (Wednesday) and stole all the equipment.

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Published: 20 November 2014

Invasive species taking over

WHILE we were out cruising our boat, enjoying the experience even if the weather was at times very changeable, there was however one very disturbing aspect that I have noticed more and more over the last few years, writes Mick Fitzgibbons.

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Published: 20 November 2014

There is a reason

AS A continuous cruiser who has been such for nine years come next March, I hope you will include my observations of why from time to time I could not move within the required 14 days, and that people espying such overstaying can understand, writes Malcolm Portend.

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Published: 20 November 2014

Canals as wildlife corriders

A NEW project has been launched to created corridors along the canals and rivers in Cheshire 'to allow birds, mammals and insects to move more freely'.

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Published: 20 November 2014

CaRT will have to control non-native plants

SUCH are the problems with people discarding invasive non-native plants into canals and rivers, that the government has brought in new rules whereby people could receive anti-social behaviour orders (Asbos), and companies be fined for failing to control their spread.

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Published: 19 November 2014

Dredging a necessity

THE lack of dredging of the Wey at Godalming last winter caused terrible flooding that ruined many homes, so it really was necessary to prevent it happening again.

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Published: 17 November 2014

One council thwarts another

THE new powers introduced by Kingston Council to move illegally moored boats moored against its public land from the Thames, has alas come to nought after another council failed to follow suit.

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Published: 17 November 2014

An elightening AGM from NABO

OUR Mick Fitzgibbons, as a member of the National Association of Boat Owners (NABO), attended its AGM over the week-end, telling it was an enlightening meeting and reports its activities.

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Published: 17 November 2014

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