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Email: Lost tortoise

We are travelling with friends who have lost their tortoise between the bottom of the locks at Hillmorton and Bridge 69 on the Oxford Canal.
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Published: 21 May 2014

Too heavy for bridge

A COMPANY using a lorry with a weight of 17.8 tonnes has been fined for exceeding the allowed weight of 7.5 tonnes on Swarkestone Bridge over the Trent.

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Published: 19 May 2014

Floods cause cancellation

THE Thames Traditional Boat Rally held at Fawley Meadows at Henley has been cancelled as the ground is too waterlogged after the winter floods.

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Published: 19 May 2014

Those sound signals

IN RESPONSE to some important points raised regarding sound signals by readers, perhaps some clarification for those unfamiliar with sound signals would be of help, writes Louise Moore of the Roving Canal Traders Association.

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Published: 19 May 2014

Email: If it ain't broke...

It ain't broke, so don't fix it! Why on earth change the internationally accepted sequence of sound signals as laid down in COLREG's? a.k.a. (The Merchant Shipping (Distress Signals and Prevention of Collisions) Regulations 1996.)
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Published: 19 May 2014

Email: Awkward situations

I have every sympathy with any boater towing a butty, or other boat. I have met many, sometimes in awkward situations and have done some towing myself.

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Published: 19 May 2014

Judicial Review published

ATTEMPTS by Canal & River Trust (CaRT) to prevent publication of a transcript of a recent Judicial Review have failed (CaRT to publish judicial review documents), writes Allan Richards.
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Published: 19 May 2014

BCNS Explorer Cruise—finish

DAY seven, the last day of the Birmingham Canal Navigations Society (BCNS) Explorer Cruise, writes Keith Gudgin.

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Published: 18 May 2014

CaRT should explain sound signals

THE point Chris Pink raises regarding sound signals, is a very valid point and shows just how much boaters (including seasoned boaters) actually know about cruising, and the rules, writes Peter Ponting.

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Published: 17 May 2014

Snakes in the Regent's Canal

SNAKES have been discovered around the Regent's Canal at Camden, with an estimated 30 of them in the trees, climbing houses and by the waterway.

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Published: 17 May 2014

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