FOLLOWING a 10-month campaign by the Shrewsbury District & North Wales Branch of the Inland Waterways Association (IWA), Canal & River Trust has agreed to
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Boaters elect their council reps
ELEVEN newly elected members of the Canal & River Trust’s governing council will take up their seats later this month following the ballot which closed
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Canals conduit for clean heating
THE Canal & River Trust has welcomed the announcement from Government setting out plans for a £20million package to cut household emissions through a number
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WIN! Brand new book We Don’t Go Far But We Do See Life!
Five lucky Towpath Talk readers can get their hands on the brand new paperback book We Don’t Go Far But We Do See Life. Illustrated
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Anniversary plans scrapped as Sir Walter runs out of steam
PLANS to mark the 120th anniversary of the first sailing of SS Walter Scott on Loch Katrine, have had to be scrapped after the Denny-built
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Changes to Waterway Wanderers permits
THE Canal & River Trust is making some changes to the price of its adult Waterway Wanderers permits. The permits, which give people the chance
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Winter works at Bollington
WORK continues to rebuild the Macclesfield Canal on the Palmerston Embankment at Bollington on a bright winter’s day. There has been an ongoing problem with
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Aidan is named Lock Keeper of the Year
A SANDFORD lock keeper has won a prestigious British Marine Inland Boating award. British Marine Inland Boating has awarded its Lock Keeper of the Year
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Bad moorers targetted in Canal & River Trust campaign
THE Canal & River Trust is tackling the problem of bad mooring by reaching out to boaters who have moored their boats in a way
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Join skipper Keith for epic narrowboat adventure across the Channel
Braving the busy shipping lanes of the English Channel in a flat-bottomed boat is no mean feat but it can be done without losing your
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February 2020 issue out now!
Take a look at Chesterfield Canal Trust’s plans for the restoration of two of the last nine miles at the western end of the canal
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Living Waterways Awards 2020 entries invited
THE search is on for the best schemes, projects and initiatives for the Canal & River Trust’s Living Waterways Awards 2020. Now in their 17th
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IWA briefs MPs on waterways issues
IWA is calling on MPs to champion causes affecting the inland waterways in its latest parliamentary briefing, which was launched at a recent gathering at
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Baldwin Trust launches appeal for new narrowboat
THE Leicestershire-based Baldwin Trust has launched a new narrowboat fundraising scheme: “Put a foot in the water for The Baldwin Trust” Part 2! Last year
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