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K&A open again

THE lock that was damaged causing the closure of the Kennet & Avon Canal has now been repaired, with the navigation opened today, Monday.
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Published: 07 July 2014

Escaped to the continent

HAVING been a great fan of narrowboatworld over many years and reading with interest the various articles and emails, I continue to read with interest the discontent that there is, writes Ian Campbell.

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Published: 07 July 2014

David: Better or Worse?

THERE has been a lot of debate on narrowboatworld recently about CaRT's claim that the canals are in better shape now than ever before.

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Published: 07 July 2014

Why have they gone?

IT'S NOT a matter of where the boats have gone, but why! Writes Martin Brooks.
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Published: 07 July 2014

The dangers of no tuition

THE Severn is a river to be respected. Some days it is as calm as a mill pond, others it can be a raging torrent., writes Peter Ponting.

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Published: 07 July 2014

Victor: Where have the boats gone?

SO ANOTHER year and another thousand or so less on the waterways we are told, but where are they all going?

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Published: 06 July 2014

Ashton Canal closed

THE Ashton Canal is currently closed between locks 1 and 18 as the tail gate of lock 10 has been damaged and it is not known if it needs a simple repair or a replacement gate is required.

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Published: 05 July 2014

Sorting the cyclists

AFTER reading Mick Fitzgibbons' article entitled 'Towpath Velodrome', I dug out my British Waterway (BW)  Cycling Permit (in its plastic holder with strap to affix it around the seat stem of your bike) and a copy of the (then) BW Code which accompanied the permit, writes Graham Freeman.

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Published: 04 July 2014

A rotten apple

STORIES are circulating of a very over zealous enforcement officer that is very troubling for all boaters on the Trent, adjacent rivers and canals, Ralph Freeman writes.

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Published: 04 July 2014

Forgot one thing

IT IS alright Alison Milton remarking about watching the old boaters working locks in archive footage, it seemingly being so easy, but she forgets one thing, writes Ian Gittins.

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Published: 04 July 2014

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