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Boat hire in Scotland

MANY boaters, obviously unable to take their boats to the Scottish canals owing to the cost, ask about hiring, particularly using the Falkirk Wheel.

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Published: 27 November 2013

CaRT's £2.5m 'waste crime' bill

CANAL & River Trust (CaRT) are facing a massive £2.5m bill following ‘waste crime' at Knostrop, Leeds, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 27 November 2013

Objects of the Articles

WHEN announcing that Canal & River Trust (CaRT) wouldn't after all be trying to beggar waterways-based charities like the Bruce Trust, Richard Parry said 'We've taken the time to listen to our customers'.... writes Paul Burke.

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Published: 25 November 2013

More development starts at Mercia

ALREADY regarded as the most well appointed marina in the area with its many facilities, Mercia has just started construction on a  new £1.7m waterside retail, restaurant and office development.

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Published: 25 November 2013

Stumbling along

CANAL & River Trust (CaRT) is carrying out a consultation to review elections to its Council, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 25 November 2013

Broads have lowest increase

THE Broads Authority has decided its increase in boat fees for large motor boats by only 1.2% next year, and those of the struggling hire industry even less.

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Published: 25 November 2013

Vote for a boat—0871 626 88 34

THE Youthful Venturer Narrowboat Project (YVNP) is asking boaters to ‘phone in' today and support its bid for a grant from the Peoples Millions, writes Allan Richards.

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Published: 25 November 2013

User group strategy

THE general 'annoyances' on such as narrowboatworld, facebook and other sites relating to the canal network are about continuous cruisers, the state of the canals and CaRT in general. (And many other petty consensuses of opinions) writes Peter Ponting.

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Published: 25 November 2013

Still they come

Plans have been submitted for yet another marina—again on the already overcrowded Llangollen Canal, and at Wrenbury where there is already another being applied for.

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Published: 24 November 2013

Buckland Lock reopens

BUCKLAND Lock 12 on the Aylesbury Arm, being known as the 'banana' lock due to its shape when it collapsed during April of this year was reopened today, Saturday.

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Published: 23 November 2013

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