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Irelands Inland Waterways celebrated in photographs

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July 19, 2023

Our Irish Waters correspondent Alison Alderton reports on a wonderful photo exhibition: The Goodly Barrow museum and café, situated in the former warehouse buildings at Goresbridge on the banks of the River Barrow, has long associations with the navigation and former working barges which once plied these waters. Throughout July and August, these bygone days…
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Latest Stoppage on the Leeds & Liverpool

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Colin Wareing

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July 18, 2023

A leak had been detected either from damage to a culvert that carries a field drainage ditch under the canal or the canal wash wall with the canal flowing into an adjacent farm field. Attempts were made to stop the water flowing through the wash wall with a plastic fibre sheet, but this didn’t stem…
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Organise a National Trailboat Festival

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Mark Lancaster

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July 18, 2023

FESTIVALS are very useful for drawing attention locally and nationally to the restoration or improvement project your team is working on. A greater awareness of your need for more support is generated as a result of that attention. Festivals are encouraged and promoted by the IWA to highlight your restoration project. You will draw local…
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IWA publishes new guide to Denver crossing

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July 17, 2023

LIKE most rivers, the River Great Ouse flows into the sea. The main boundary between the non-tidal river and estuary is at Denver Sluice. The Middle Level is a series of drainage channels. To get from the non-tidal waters of the River Great Ouse to the Middle Level requires a short estuary crossing between Denver…
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Boats and beer celebration

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July 15, 2023

THE final chapter of the latest restoration project on the Montgomery Canal south of Crickheath Bridge near Oswestry was enacted on Saturday, June 2. Another 700m has now been restored, to advance the restoration towards Llanymynech, including a Winding Hole at Crickheath which enables boats to turn round there. This section is now in water…
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Characters of the Cut!

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July 14, 2023

Morgan, Sue and Min – wild wood and wild swimming By Alice Griffin WHEN Morgan, Sue and their much-loved dog, Min, were looking for a different pace of life and deeper engagement with nature, it was having a 58ft cruiser stern narrowboat named Sunbeam built by J D Narrowboats at Shardlow that held the answers.…
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Have your say on canal charity’s proposals for new fishing platforms

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July 13, 2023

Public Consultation: 7 July – 3 August 2023 Canal & River Trust, the waterways charity that looks after Harthill Reservoir, is inviting people to have their say on proposals for new fishing platforms as part of the Trust’s upgrade project. The Trust is planning to replace the existing fishing platforms, which are no longer fit…
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Government funding cuts put future of nation’s historic canals at risk

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Mark Lancaster

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July 12, 2023

Following today’s announcement from the Government, Canal & River Trust is issuing a stark warning that a reduction in grant funding of over £300 million in real terms will threaten the future of the nation’s historic canals, leading to their decline and to the eventual closure of some parts of the network. The reduced grant…
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More good news for the Monty Canal

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Phil Pickin

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July 11, 2023

Association of Industrial Archaeology awards grant for tramway wharf restoration The Shropshire Union Canal Society gratefully acknowledges the support of a £14,600 restoration grant from the Association for Industrial Archaeology towards the cost of restoring the historic tramway wharf on the canal at Crickheath. The canal wharf was the terminal of a 2½ mile horse-drawn…
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Canal & River Trust Launches Towpath Code Ahead of Summer

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July 10, 2023

Ahead of the busy summer holidays, the Canal & River Trust, the charity that raises funds for and upkeeps 2,000 miles of waterways across England and Wales, is appealing for people to remain friendly and courteous on towpaths – as figures published today show the nation’s canals are benefiting more people than at any time in…
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Fire safety lessons from RCR

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July 8, 2023

RIVER Canal Rescue is calling upon boaters to be aware of the fire risks on their vessels, after finding more and more cases of poor electrical wiring, including under-sized wiring, overloaded circuits, and sub-standard connections and cable routing, which can rapidly turn into a loom meltdown or a fire. Managing director Stephanie Horton says with…
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Inside the July 2023 issue

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Arianne Davey

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July 7, 2023

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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Simulating a boat fire during safety week exercise

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July 7, 2023

West Yorkshire Firefighters have been doing their bit to promote boat fire safety awareness. Sally Clifford finds out more… THE dramatic scene is set. As the sun dips behind grey clouds that have consumed the sky for most of the day, the towpath is relatively busy with pedestrian traffic making the most of the lighter…
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Swing bridge closed after balustrade collapse

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Colin Wareing

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July 6, 2023

UPDATE: Contractors have successfully removed the damaged balustrade. Whilst further repair works are conducted the bridge will be left in the open position to allow navigation to resume. The Canal & River Trust is now working with its contractors carry out the repairs to reinstall the damaged parts over the next few weeks. REPAIR work…
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