The Trent and Mersey Canal breached its banks at Dutton after heavy rain in September, leaving a hole the size of 12 double decker buses in the side.

BBC: Work starts to repair breached Trent and Mersey Canal

It is another eight-and-a-half-mile paddle east to the town of Newark, where you can overnight at the Vintage Gardens Bed and Breakfast if you do not want to camp along the banks of the canal.

BBC: Exploring New York��s Erie Canal

Inside was a large framed photograph of a naked woman, sitting on the banks of the Estaimpuis canal.

NEWYORKER: L��?tranger

Army units, meanwhile, took control of the main Suez Canal administration building, provincial government buildings, banks and courts in Port Said, Gen.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Much of the old Canal Zone the 16km-wide enclave on its banks that was United States territory has already been turned over to Panama.

ECONOMIST: Panama