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Campaign cruise to highlight funding crisis threatening the Great Ouse

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Web Editor

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July 7, 2026

Boaters will travel from St Ives to Bedford this July in a bid to highlight what campaigners describe as a critical lack of investment in the River Great Ouse and Britain’s inland waterways. A FLEET of boats will cruise the River Great Ouse from St Ives to Bedford this month as part of a campaign…
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Bunyan Boat: Cruise Dates Shortly to be announced for 2022!

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Janet Richardson

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February 23, 2022

From the John Bunyan Community Boat: In preparation for the cruising season, new and existing volunteers of the John Bunyan Community Boat have taken to the water for pre-season training; important for the comfort and safety of our passengers as anyone who has witnessed getting a 34 ton, 72-foot, boat through Town Lock or turning…
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New landing stage on Bedford river

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Janet Richardson

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February 16, 2022

A LANDING stage has recently been completed on the River Great Ouse in Bedford to encourage more boats to make the journey to the head of the navigation. Carried out by civil engineers Land & Water, the project, contracted by Bedford & Milton Keynes Waterway Trust, involved using specialist plant to create a sheet piled…
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