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Canal towpath closed as improvements begin

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October 20, 2022

Works will give local people a clean, green route to feeling happier and healthier The Canal & River Trust has started a project to revamp a section of canal towpath in Swarkestone making it easier for local people to feel the health and wellbeing benefits of spending time by the water. CRT, working in partnership…
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Aqueduct Marina’s pride in games involvement

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October 18, 2022

THE recent Commonwealth Games in Birmingham generated a considerable amount of pride in the athletic achievements of the competitors. The international contest was also a proud moment for Cheshire-based Aqueduct Marina, which supplied two boats to the Canal & River Trust just as the event began. Aquarius II, a new electric-powered 35ft boat replacing the…
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Friends of Cromford Canal: Birdswood is stuck

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October 11, 2022

Birdswood, the trip boat of the Friends of Cromford Canal, the trading arm of the charity, based at Cromford, is at the time of writing (end of September), stuck at its mooring due to low water levels. All booked journeys for the next couple of weeks, at least, have had to be cancelled. In addition…
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Pets afloat! 🐶 😸For the love of dogs – and cats..

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October 8, 2022

By Alison Wilkerson I LOVE craft fayres and markets, especially floating ones, where you discover a plethora of goods created on boats by their artistic, and sometimes famous, owners. At one such floating market which I had seen advertised by the Roving Canal Traders Association (RCTA) www.rcta.org.uk, on the Grand Union Canal in Milton Keynes,…
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Characters of the Cut: Nancy Campbell, writer

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October 7, 2022

Alice Griffin caught up with writer Nancy Campbell: DESPITE growing up in the Scottish Borders and Northumberland – a part of the UK sparse on canals – writer Nancy Campbell has developed a deep love for our inland waters. Moving south to university she encountered her first human-made waterway, the South Oxford Canal, and it…
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Planning inquiry ‘misled’ over assessment into boaters’ needs, claims NBTA

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October 6, 2022

ELMBRIDGE Borough Council did not reveal that it had carried out a Boat Dweller Accommodation Needs Assessment almost six weeks before it reported to a planning inquiry on March 15, 2022 according to the National Bargee Travellers Association. NBTA claims that the council stated that its study had just begun in order to boost its…
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Remembering the ‘father of English canals’

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October 3, 2022

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022, marked the 250th anniversary of the death of ‘the father of English canals’, engineer James Brindley. On that day, his last canal – the North Oxford – had reached just below Hillmorton Locks. Local canal heritage group, the Old Mortonians, planned for years to mark the occasion but, according to chairman Ian…
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WATERWAYS’ WINTER WORK PROGRAMME FOR 2022-23 ANNOUNCED

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September 30, 2022

The Canal & River Trust has announced its winter works programme 2022-23, providing details of the major repairs and canal improvements the charity will be carrying out between November and March. 48 waterways will benefit from 172 large-scale works to repair masonry and brickwork, fix leaks, update and install hydraulics and electrics at mechanised structures,…
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Thames Flotilla, September 24th 2022

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September 29, 2022

Towpath Talk Editor, Janet Richardson reports: AS DUSK fell over the River Thames in central London on Saturday September 24, the Reflections flotilla of around 150 boats, motorised and manpowered – all decorated in thousands of white lights – started from Albert Bridge. I was a guest on Andrew and Frances Phasey’s narrowboat Doris Katia…
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IWA Launches Comprehensive Resource for Waterways Organisations Seeking Funding

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September 28, 2022

Taking advantage of its unique position as the only independent, national charity dedicated to supporting and regenerating all of Britain’s navigable rivers and canals, the Inland Waterways Association (IWA) has produced a new report, Waterways for Today, which can be used by waterways organisations to highlight the value and importance of the waterways network. This is particularly relevant for anyone…
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Servicing reminder!

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September 27, 2022

River Canal Rescue is reminding boat owners to book a service so they’re cruising-ready for next year. RCR engineers are available up until mid-March, at set times, to undertake engine servicing and inspections, and prices start at £150. By ensuring everything is in working order now, the breakdown and assistance firm says it will reduce…
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Inside the October issue

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Arianne Davey

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September 22, 2022

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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Lock gate project shortlisted for technical innovation award

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September 20, 2022

AN INNOVATIVE fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) lock gate project carried out by ECS Engineering Services has been shortlisted for Technical Innovation of the Year at The London Construction Awards. Installed at Sunbury Dry Dock on the River Thames for the Environment Agency, the lock gates are the first set constructed from moulded FRP in the UK.…
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Annual Balsam Bashing!

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September 16, 2022

NINETEEN volunteers recently turned up at Haslam Park, Preston, for what has become an annual event – the Balsam Bash. It was a record turnout with members of IWA Lancashire & Cumbria Branch, Lancaster Canal Trust and Friends of Haslam Park taking part. The Lancaster Canal borders the park and so far, not a lot…
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