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Angel Canal Festival postponed for 2023

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March 18, 2023

The Canal & River Trust has informed Islington Council and other stakeholders on the Regent’s Canal that Angel Canal Festival will not take place in 2023, but that it hopes for the event to return in 2024 with an event sponsor that can help fund the community-led canal celebration. The cost of maintaining the ageing…
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Canal & River Trust repairs storm-damaged Woodside Mills lock landing and towpath in Elland

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March 17, 2023

Repairs to the Calder & Hebble Navigation in the heart of the West Yorkshire’s Calder Valley have taken a significant step forward this spring, three years after Storm Ciara caused significant flood damage in the region to its historic waterways. The Canal & River Trust charity, which looks after 2,000 miles of canals and rivers…
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TV boater picks winning Wendover canal photos

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March 16, 2023

THE three winners of the Wendover Canal Trust’s photography competition have been picked by TV personality, vlogger and trust patron Robbie Cumming. The competition was launched to entice people to the canal during the autumn and winter. Entrants were invited to submit pictures capturing different scenes, whether of wildlife, the landscapes or people using the…
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Characters of the Cut: Home Yoga with May!

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March 15, 2023

Alice Griffin reports… Tiny Home Yoga with May – on top of the world! WHEN Meagan Anne Mansfield – known as May – found herself going stir-crazy in the stillness of everyday life after a period of exploring the globe, she decided there was no choice but to seek out a similar sense of freedom…
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New chapter in life of working boat

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March 14, 2023

A former coal barge is taking it easy in retirement. Sally Clifford finds out more…. FLANKED by high-rise apartments in a trendy waterside setting, you could say Marjorie R has got it made. The once grimy and industrial cityscape through which she previously sailed, transporting 75 tonnes of coal each journey between Fall Ings, Wakefield…
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Busy opening session at new compound

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March 13, 2023

ANOTHER spectacularly productive work party saw Shropshire Union Canal Society volunteers able to settle into and enjoy their new compound south of Crickheath Bridge on the Montgomery Canal. A wide variety of preparatory tasks were completed ready for machine plant operations to start. Thanks to favourable weather conditions, vegetation clearance continued apace in the dry…
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Canal improvements in Braunston following generous legacy

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March 11, 2023

The Canal & River Trust has started a series of improvements to the canal through Braunston, putting to good use a generous legacy of around £165,000 from the late waterways supporter and local resident Peter Andrews. While it was not a specified condition in the will, the indication was that it was Mr Andrews’ wish…
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Volunteers Give Canal Charity Helping Hand to Spring Clean UK’s Deepest Lock

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March 10, 2023

Canal & River Trust volunteers have given the UK’s deepest single lock a special spring clean, as the charity prepares its historic waterways for a busy year of boating. Maureen Readle was among the volunteers getting stuck in to help to clear tonnes of leaves from the bottom of the partially drained 20ft-deep lock chamber…
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Waterways vital to Government’s Environmental Improvement Plan

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March 9, 2023

BOTH the Canal & River Trust and Inland Waterways Association have welcomed the Government’s recent announcement about its Environmental Improvement Plan 2023. The waterways network has been described as ‘ready-made to provide a vital role’ in meeting the target of having everyone living within 15 minutes’ walk of a blue or green space. Both organisations…
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Mooring rings removed from East London towpath

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March 8, 2023

HISTORIC bollards and mooring rings have suddenly been removed from a strip of towpath at Marshgate Bridge 15, near Homerton, according to the National Bargee Travellers Association. It claims that at 9am on Thursday February 2, the Canal & River Trust began removing them even though some were still in use at the time. Boaters…
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Words used on the cut – where do they come from?

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March 7, 2023

John Souter continues his series exploring the origins of commonly used boating terms. MANY of you may be familiar with what a lot of the words that boaters use mean but have you ever stopped to wonder where the words we are all too familiar with actually originated from? Here are more examples of words…
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Canal & River Trust carries out work to protect Manchester’s city centre canal

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March 6, 2023

The Canal & River Trust, the national waterways and wellbeing charity, is carrying out important repairs to keep the Rochdale Canal through in Manchester city centre flowing. The works to the Grade II Listed Lock 85 near Canal Street are costing £150,000 and include replacing the old-time expired lock gates with new handcrafted gates made in…
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Volunteer crew members wanted on the Forth & Clyde Canal

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March 4, 2023

THE Forth & Clyde Canal Society is looking for volunteers and new members to help crew and maintain the society’s boats. These include two passenger vessels, Voyager and Gypsy Princess, and Maryhill, a two-thirds scale replica of a puffer moored in Southbank Marina in Kirkintilloch. Training is offered in boat maintenance, engineering, boat handling and…
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Protect our waterways!

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March 3, 2023

The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) is today launching a major campaign to Protect Our Waterways. Here’s their message: IWA is deeply concerned about the threat to our waterways posed by funding cuts, with for example Canal & River Trust and Scottish Canals financial situations being especially critical. Despite being recognised in the government’s Environmental Improvement Plan, the condition of…
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