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Tag: TPT January 2022

Waterways Ireland CEO John McDonagh presents the Climate Action Plan to Minister Nichola Mallon watched by environment officer Cormac McCarthy, left and director of technical services Joe McMahon, right

Minister for Infrastructure briefed on Waterways Ireland Climate Action Plan

January 25, 2022 Janet Richardson News

NICHOLA Mallon MLA, Minister for Infrastructure recently met with Waterways Ireland CEO John McDonagh at the WI headquarters in Enniskillen, Lough Erne. He briefed the

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10 years, 6723 miles and 3406 locks later...

10 years, 6723 miles and 3406 locks later…

January 22, 2022 Janet Richardson Features

YOU have published articles in the past regarding my ambition to complete the canal network and I thought I’d bring you up to speed with my progress, writes Jon Reynolds After a very frustrating summer regarding stoppages I finally managed to get onto the Pocklington Canal to fulfil my ambition.

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An aerial view of the Lagan Gateway Project with the new lock.

First new lock in years at Lagan gateway

January 21, 2022 Janet Richardson News

INLAND and Coastal Marina Systems (ICMS) Ltd has been involved in the Lagan Gateway Project which sees the first new lock constructed in Northern Ireland

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Llanthony Warehouse – home of the National Waterways Museum Gloucester. PHOTO: CRT

National Waterways Museum Gloucester

January 18, 2022 Janet Richardson Features, What's On

Nicola Lisle continues her series on waterways museums with a visit to Gloucester’s magnificent docklands museum. EVEN before you enter the Gloucester Waterways Museum you

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The banks being reduced to their finished shape.

Canal project team wins community award

January 15, 2022 Janet Richardson News

THE Montgomery Canal Restoration Project won the Community Engagement Award at the 2021 Ground Engineering Awards Ceremony held recently in London. Supported by the Heritage

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Active Waterways Cheshire volunteers were presented with national Marsh Trust volunteer awards at a special ceremony at Anderton Boat Lift. Pictured here are: Project lead Poppy Learman, Rosemary Smith, David Hall, Lynn Johnson, Malcolm Craig, Jim Robertson and project coordinator Madeline Fowler.

Active Waterways Cheshire volunteers celebrate national award

January 14, 2022 Janet Richardson News

A NATIONAL volunteering award has been presented to 27 volunteers from the Active Waterways Cheshire project by the Canal & River Trust and the Marsh

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Lichfield Canal route visitors Graham and Wendy Edmondson give their views to Seasalt worker Jane Cook. The couple, who have been living in France, were visiting a brother in Lichfield before moving to Lincolnshire.

Shop staff support canal restoration project

January 11, 2022 Janet Richardson News

A LICHFIELD shop’s staff have been helping to shape the future of the city’s canal restoration project.Workers at the Three Spires Shopping Centre branch of

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Dave Maloney, second from left and fellow volunteers in front of the restored canal at Pewsham, with some of the new equipment funded by Chippenham Borough Lands Charity. PHOTO: JUSTIN GUY

Canal restoration boosted by Borough Lands grant

January 10, 2022 Mark Lancaster News

GRATEFUL volunteers have received a welcome boost to their efforts to restore a former waterway.The Melksham, Chippenham & Calne branch of the Wilts & Berks

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Here’s a stuffing gland that the owner had tried to stop leaking!

Towpath Technical Tips: Getting ready for 2022!

January 6, 2022 Janet Richardson News, Technical

Sound advice from Ben Sutcliffe-Davies FIRSTLY happy new year to all our readers, I really can’t believe another year has gone.From my last article about

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John Joyce, right, with veterans on the River Thames.

Boating community supports Forces Vets Afloat

January 5, 2022 Janet Richardson News

INLAND waterway businesses and boats owners are coming together to help the newly established Forces Vets Afloat Project restore a boat so it can be

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The Puppet Theatre Barge moored in Little Venice. PHOTO: NICOLA LISLE

Puppet Theatre still afloat after 40 years

January 4, 2022 Janet Richardson News, What's On

Nicola Lisle explores the Puppet Theatre Barge in London as it prepares to celebrate its 40th anniversary this month. AS I step aboard the Puppet

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An unpowered butty, Hazel is usually towed by a motor boat

Hazel the Wellbeing Boat

January 3, 2022 Janet Richardson News

Chris ‘The Boatman’ Leah explains how the Wooden Canal Boat Society (WCBS), has developed an offer which epitomises what the word really means and where

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Volunteers from the Angling Trust and Prince Albert Angling Society join the Canal & River Trust mission to reduce invasive New Zealand pygmy weed at Bosley Reservoir.

Vaccine firm volunteers help with canal projects

December 30, 2021 Janet Richardson News

STAFF from pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca in Cheshire are just a few of the dozens of volunteers working with the Canal & River Trust this winter

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David Booker of the Marsh Charitable Trust presents Cath Munn with her award watched by Canal & River Trust volunteer nominees and staff.

Second national award for waterways volunteer

December 29, 2021 Janet Richardson News

WEST Yorkshire volunteer Cath Munn has received a second national award for her outstanding contribution to Canal & River Trust waterways in the Yorkshire and

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