Boaters' Web http://boaters-web.com Sun, 16 Sep 2012 10:49:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 The longest lock flight in the country, oh what a treat at Tardebigge! http://boaters-web.com/the-longest-lock-flight-in-the-country-oh-what-a-treat-at-tardebigge/ http://boaters-web.com/the-longest-lock-flight-in-the-country-oh-what-a-treat-at-tardebigge/#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2012 10:06:04 +0000 Jay http://boaters-web.com/?p=499

Tardebigge to Stoke Pound, Worcester & Birmingham Canal, 2½ miles 30 locks. Today was the day then and the first lock is a really deep one at 11+ feet having replaced an experimental vertical boat lift, more of which you …


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BBCTravelAlert: Docklands Light Railway spended between Canning Town and Woolwich Arsenal due to gas leak at Pontoon…

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I hadn’t, until I walked along the line the Oxford Canal used to take when it ran parallel to the Coventry for some distance before joining it to the west of the “modern” junction. “Sutton Stop” is now the name of the road which …

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Wiltshire auction for canal charity gathers paceThis Is WiltshireThe aim of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust is to restore the former waterway from the Kennet and Avon Canal near Melksham to the Thames and Severn Canal near Cricklade and the River…

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UK WATERWAYS: Action appealXperedon Charity NewsOther fundraising projects promoting the importance of these vital green spaces around canals and rivers, include a plan to spruce up deteriorating hedgerows along the Kennet and Avon Canal to support…

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Bulls Bridge was once an important spot on the Grand Union Canal when commercial traffic used to carry goods from Hayes and other industrial locations on its route. Toll House sits at the spot where the canal divides into its …
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The colourful Etruria Canal Festival brings together narrowboats, canal boats and the Princess steam engine … Continue reading → … Crick Marina. The entrance to the Marina from the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Line).
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Stop Press news from the Kennet & Avon Canal — brought to you by KAcanalTIMES.co.uk — the independent website that is ‘all about the K&A Canal’ — comprehensive topical canal news and features — online now at: …
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Narrowboat launched ahead of Stroud on the Water flotillaThis is GloucestershireJohn Last’s narrowboat 4 Pause was the first to use the Stroudwater Navigation in 80 years when it was towed to the newly-reopened canal.
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