THE Canal & River Trust (CaRT) admits that almost 40% of the 2,000 miles of waterways it maintains has long lengths of waterway walls or bank protection that is either collapsed or close to life expired, writes Allan Richards.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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