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Boaters to march on Canal & River Trust’s London office to fight for moorings

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March 18, 2022

On Saturday 26 March 2022, boaters from around the country will march on Canal & River Trust’s (CRT) main London office to protest the Trust’s continued attack on the capital’s liveaboard boating community. Starting in Regents Park, the protest will march to CRT’s offices in Little Venice where there will speeches and entertainment, plus the…
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Rare chance to become the National Trust’s sole ferry operator!

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March 17, 2022

Experienced sailors are being given the chance to become the National Trust’s only in-house passenger ferry operator. Orford Ness Nature Reserve is currently advertising for a Boat Operator to operate the ferry ‘Octavia’ between Orford Quay and Orford Ness. The successful candidate will get to hold a unique position for the charity on the Suffolk…
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Characters of the Cut: Star Crafts

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March 9, 2022

SIX sewing machines is not necessarily what you expect to find beneath the cloths of an historic working boat but this, along with workbenches, is precisely what you will discover when peeling back the layers of narrowboat Nebulae. A 71ft 6in small Woolwich butty built by Harland and Wolff in 1935 to carry coal and…
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Clearing the way along the Bradley Canal

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March 8, 2022

WITH the relaxation of Covid restrictions the Bradley Canal Restoration Society has been able to start work clearing the overgrown towpath vegetation and boughs overhanging and obstructing the navigation.So far there have been four work parties and before the start of the nesting season, it is hoped to reach the foot of unfilled Lock No…
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Idle Women reconceive the medieval medicine garden for the 21st century with the launch of the Physic Garden Network on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2022

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March 7, 2022

Idle Women, the arts, environment and social justice collaboration is pleased to announce the launch of the Physic Garden Network on International Women’s Day 2022. The Physic Garden Network is a website that responds to the changes in the seasons, rooted in a garden in the canal side physic garden that women are hand building…
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Canalside cottage on the market

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March 5, 2022

A RARE opportunity has arisen to buy a Georgian cottage alongside the Grand Union Canal at New Bridge, Long Buckby Wharf. It was built around the same time as this part of the canal which was constructed in 1820 and as with the neighbouring cottages, was intended to house canal workers and lock keepers. It…
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Grindley Brook locks host first open day for a while

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Colin Wareing

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March 3, 2022

THE Canal and River Trust invited visitors to have a look at maintenance work on the three-lock staircase at Grindley Brook near Whitchurch in Shropshire on February 5. Because of the Covid pandemic this was one of the first open days to resume with the trust’s chief executive Richard Parry attending and looking forward to…
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Ecofuelboat to start East Midlands run

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March 1, 2022

BOATERS moored around Nottingham, the Upper Trent and the River Soar will soon have a new floating service boat providing all their fuel requirements. Experienced boater Howard Williams bought the ex-GUCC working boat Hampstead three years ago and has been preparing for his new venture for some time. While at Sileby Mill on the River…
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CANAL CHARITY REPAIRS UK’S STEEPEST LOCK FLIGHT AT BINGLEY FIVE RISE LOCKS AS PART OF £55M WINTER WORKS MAKEOVER

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February 25, 2022

Canal & River Trust is putting the finishing touches to a major restoration project at the Grade I Listed Bingley Five Rise Locks on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in West Yorkshire. The project to replace two out of five sets of lock gates on the UK’s steepest lock flight is part of a four-month,…
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Dorset fundraiser takes on 7th record-breaking task

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Janet Richardson

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February 24, 2022

A former national sailing champion plans to grow his record-breaking portfolio by paddle boarding solo across Loch Ness to raise money for the Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST). David Haze, 36, from Bournemouth, became known as the “Nomadic Paddler” after gaining six world records for paddle boarding across four of the UK’s longest lakes in four…
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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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Inside the March issue of Towpath Talk

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Arianne Davey

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February 22, 2022

Inside the March issue of Towpath Talk, the Canal and River Trust’s Annual Lockage Report for 2021 shows recovery of waterways use since restrictions eased; and urgent SOS appeal for a new chief engineer on PS Waverley at Waverley Excursions.
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Chichester Canal creates Canalcast podcast

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Janet Richardson

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February 22, 2022

Chichester Canal can be explored in many different ways, and now can be enjoyed on a podcast. The Chichester Ship Canal Trust, the volunteer-led, self-funded charity behind the canal, has dipped a toe into the world of podcasts, and recorded the first episode of an intended series. A podcast is best described as a series…
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LONDON CANAL DRAINED AS PART OF MAJOR HERITAGE REPAIR PROJECT

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Janet Richardson

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February 21, 2022

This weekend thousands of Londoners got a unique view of one of the capital’s 200-year-old canals as they walked along the Hertford Union Canal which has been drained for the Canal & River Trust charity to carry out vital restoration work. The canal, one of the busiest in the country, runs alongside London’s Victoria Park,…
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