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Take a Friend Fishing – more opportunity than ever for angling success.

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March 2, 2023

Take a Friend Fishing Easter runs from Saturday 1st of April to Sunday 16th of April 2023 (inclusive) Take a Friend Fishing with National Fishing Month runs from Saturday 29th of July to Sunday 3rd of September 2023 (inclusive) With the pressures of modern life, physical health and mental wellbeing are more important than ever.…
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Proposals to ban powered boats on the Montgomery Canal

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Phil Pickin

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February 28, 2023

THE Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust sparked concerns recently when it put forward a proposal to ban powered craft on the Montgomery Canal. These concerns sparked a number of reports in the local press, with both sides of the argument urging supporters to take part in online surveys set up to gauge public opinion. Powys County Council…
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Fire and tragedy on the Shropshire Union Canal

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February 27, 2023

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The boat’s ‘smallest room’

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February 27, 2023

Helen Gazeley catches up with composting toilet experts Circular Revolution IF KATE Saffin were to choose her Mastermind specialist subject it would, undoubtedly, be composting toilets, more accurately described as separators, as they separate liquids from solids. Not only has she had one for a number of years, is an administrator of the Facebook group…
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Spotlight on the Caledonian Canal

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February 25, 2023

AS SCOTTISH Canals recruits seasonal waterways operatives around the canal network, we focus on the Caledonian, almost 60 miles of natural loch and man-made canal running through the Scottish Highlands. Douglas Gordon is Middle District supervisor on the Caledonian – his patch being the often-remote section of the canal between Laggan Locks and Fort Augustus.…
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Clean air, water and fuel – the impact on our waterways

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February 24, 2023

NABO general secretary Peter Braybrook comments on some more topical issues. IT LOOKS as if 2023 will be the start of a period of environmental challenge. Everybody knows that the planet is dying because we cannot take care of it properly. Every indicator is that we are heading toward a disaster with carbon becoming a…
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Magnet fishers find rudder after plea on social media

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February 23, 2023

WHEN the rudder fell off Sinead and Matthew Hands’ narrowboat Recalcitrant, they set about trying to find it in the icy water of the Grand Union Canal. Sinead takes up the story… “The rudder fell off, we think because it banged on the sill a month or so prior to this. A mistake we made…
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Roz runs ‘Waterway 30’ ultra marathon

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February 22, 2023

Runner and continuous cruiser Roz Owen is running rather a long way (31 miles!) to help raise money for our canals. This is what Ross told Towpath Talk: “I am a YouTube vlogger (The Narrowboat Good Life) and live on my narrowboat with my husband (and dog) as a continuous cruiser. I secured a place…
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Revised Manchester Ship Canal guide released

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February 21, 2023

THE Manchester Ship Canal is a waterway which links Manchester with the coast and provides access to the city for large ocean-going vessels. The canal is more than 37 miles long and has five locks in total, but it is not considered a leisure waterway and the incompatibility of large ships and small boats means…
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Canal & River Trust asks boaters to take part in consultation on boat licence fees

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Mark Lancaster

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February 20, 2023

Canal & River Trust is carrying out a consultation with boaters to gather feedback on boat licence pricing over the next ten years to help support the long-term future of the 2,000 miles of waterways that the charity manages across England & Wales. Faced with the growing pressures of maintaining ageing waterways and the increased…
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Consultation deadline for water transfer plan- Monday!

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February 18, 2023

THE Cotswold Canals Trust is reminding supporters that the consultation deadline for the WRSE (Water Resources South East) draft best value plan closes on Monday February 20. Thanking everyone who has already submitted a response to the WRSE and Thames Water WRMP Consultations in support of the Cotswold Canals Severn Thames Transfer (CCSTT) Scheme, it…
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Grant awarded to the Grand Western Canal

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February 16, 2023

THE IWA Panel that manages the South West Inland Waterways Regeneration Fund (SWIWRF) has approved an application by the Grand Western Country Park (aka Devon County Council) for a grant of £8340 to purchase two new notice boards and produce updated information sheets for the entire canal, many of which are now 20 years old…
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Cromford Canal Friends mourn loss of popular boat horse

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Mark Lancaster

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February 14, 2023

I AM very sad to report that our dear, delightful, docile boat horse Chelsea, has passed on to that great stable in the sky, writes Hugh Potter, archivist and editor for the Friends of Cromford Canal. She enthusiastically pulled Birdswood for many years and fretted so much when her owners Arraslea Shires tried to retire…
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Winter stoppages: How they’re planned

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February 13, 2023

The Canal & River Trust’s winter works are nearing completion but with a 200-year-old system to maintain, planning for next season’s programme is already under way. Chief infrastructure and programmes officer Malcolm Horne explains. THE Canal & River Trust’s ageing infrastructure needs significant care and investment to keep it safe and available for boaters to…
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