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  • Inside the February issue

    Inside the February issue

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    Regularly topping 100 pages, Towpath Talk features everything you need to know about boats, marinas, wildlife, conservation, heritage and superb days out.

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  • Inside the January issue

    Inside the January issue

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    Regularly topping 100 pages, Towpath Talk features everything you need to know about boats, marinas, wildlife, conservation, heritage and superb days out.

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  • Inside the December issue

    Inside the December issue

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    Regularly topping 100 pages, Towpath Talk features everything you need to know about boats, marinas, wildlife, conservation, heritage and superb days out.

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  • Inside the November issue

    Inside the November issue

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    Inside the November issue of Towpath Talk, Cotswold Canals Connected holds ground-breaking event; Jonathan Mosse continues his monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways; and Alison Alderton delves into the history of a lock house which does not face the waterway.

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  • Inside the October issue

    Inside the October issue

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    Inside the October issue of Towpath Talk, the Leicester or East Midlands Ring is the subject of this month’s Cool Canals journey; and Phil Pickin reports from the rally hosted by the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Society at Bratch Locks to celebrate the canal’s 250th anniversary while Les Heath visited both the IWA Festival of…

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  • Inside the September issue

    Inside the September issue

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    Inside the September issue of Towpath Talk, boaters are being urged to conserve water after drought conditions left the canal system struggling to cope; and the Canal & River Trust has started work to replace Black Cock Bridge on the Daw End Branch Canal in Walsall Wood.

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  • Inside the August issue of Towpath Talk

    Inside the August issue of Towpath Talk

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    Inside the August issue of Towpath Talk, friends climb back in the pedalo for canal fundraiser; Jonathan Mosse continues his monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways; and around 50 parliamentarians (MPs and peers) joined the Canal & River Trust at a reception at the Houses of Parliament ahead of the charity’s 10th…

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  • Inside the July issue of Towpath Talk

    Inside the July issue of Towpath Talk

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    Inside the July issue of Towpath Talk, publication of the review into future grant funding for the Canal & River Trust has been delayed until the autumn; and more than 23,000 people visited the 23rd Crick Boat Show, which took place at Crick Marina near Daventry in Northamptonshire across the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend.

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  • Inside the June issue of Towpath Talk

    Inside the June issue of Towpath Talk

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    Inside the June issue of Towpath Talk, people across England and Wales are being urged to put on their trainers and take to the towpaths in a new challenge; and bright sunshine greeted visitors on the first day of this year’s Norbury Canal Festival.

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  • Inside the May issue of Towpath Talk

    Inside the May issue of Towpath Talk

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    Inside the May issue of Towpath Talk, the move to greener boating will be one of the themes at this year’s Crick Boat Show; and hundreds of boaters held a demonstration in London recently to protest about policy changes.

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  • Inside the April issue of Towpath Talk

    Inside the April issue of Towpath Talk

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    Inside the April issue of Towpath Talk, The Canal & River Trust has been working to repair the damage caused by Storm Eunice which caused hundreds of trees to fall across the waterways; we bring you reports from BoatLife Live and the Canal & River Trust open days at Newark; and team members from Whilton…

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  • Inside the March issue of Towpath Talk

    Inside the March issue of Towpath Talk

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    Inside the March issue of Towpath Talk, the Canal and River Trust’s Annual Lockage Report for 2021 shows recovery of waterways use since restrictions eased; and urgent SOS appeal for a new chief engineer on PS Waverley at Waverley Excursions.

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  • Inside the February issue of Towpath Talk

    Inside the February issue of Towpath Talk

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    Inside the February issue of Towpath Talk, the Canal and River Trust has temporarily suspended freight traffic as investigations continue into the harm being caused to wildlife; and Railway bridge ensures a canal restoration on track.

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  • Inside the January issue of Towpath Talk

    Inside the January issue of Towpath Talk

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    Inside the December issue of Towpath Talk, the Canal & River Trust is hoping to return to in-person open days so people can find out what lies beneath the surface as it carries out a £59 million repair programme.

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