Visitors to the famous Foxton Locks in Leicestershire can now take part in a spot of pond dipping and discover what bugs and beasties are
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Author: Pauline Hawkins
Celebrity boaters find museum is worth its salt
Cheshire’s multi award-winning Lion Salt Works Museum in Northwich, Cheshire, has been filmed for Channel 4’s highly successful ‘Great Canal Journeys’ starring Timothy West and
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Live-aboards ‘should not be disadvantaged’ by red diesel rules
The Residential Boat Owners’ Association (RBOA) has responded to a joint call for evidence recently published by Defra and the Treasury on Non-road Mobile Machinery
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Thousands of fish rescued after culvert collapse
The Canal & River Trust has rescued more than 7000 fish following the collapse of a culvert beneath the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Melling.
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Going green…. but not in a good way
There’s something strange on London’s waterways… a green invasion that is now being tackled in the capital. A peculiar phenomenon is appearing on London’s canals,
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Culvert collapse causes breach of Leeds and Liverpool canal near Melling
By Colin Wareing A culvert collapse resulted in Canal & River Trust teams having to work through the night to stem the flow of water.
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Marple flight of locks isn’t coping well
By Colin Wareing Inward-moving coping stones at a lock on the Marple flight have forced the Canal & River Trust to take action to keep
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It’s my second sinking today
Harry Arnold of Waterway Images looks back with fondness and humour at life on the canals in decades gone by. RETURNING to Norbury Junction is
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Flotilla plans for Forth & Clyde Canal anniversary
JUNE 10, 2018 is an important anniversary for the Forth & Clyde Canal – it will be 250 years since Sir Lawrence Dundas cut the
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Re-Union Canal Boats reinvigorates volunteers on Lowland waterways
Cicely Oliver meets the team which helps to boost people’s mental and physical health. WITH no less than five long-standing volunteer organisations operating on the
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Canal maintenance and engaging with the public
Mark Tizard, co vice-chairman of the National Association of Boat Owners (NABO), comments on some more topical issues. WE HAVE seen both the good and
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An extraordinary life in words and pictures
Tim Coghlan looks back 10 years to the time he met an extraordinary woman who is now the subject of a fascinating book. I MET Olga
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Paddle your own canoe (kayak, etc.)…
Review by Elizabeth Rogers MARK Rainsley is an enthusiastic paddler, by kayak, canoe boat or paddleboard, and he suggests in his book Paddle the Thames
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Villagers care for their canal
Elizabeth Rogers talks to Alan Norris, founding chairman of the West Vale branch of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust. BACK in 1991 Alan Norris
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