News
Changes to central London visitor moorings
23 July 2014
THE Canal & River Trust is making changes to four visitor mooring sites in central London to help make sure the limited space is shared fairly between visiting boats and those who make the capital their home.
To be put in place in August, the plan was worked on with the Better Relationship Group and benefits from feedback from boaters.
Restoration progress at Inglesham Lock
23 July 2014
THE Inland Waterways Association (IWA) has announced that significant progress is being made towards the restoration of Inglesham Lock by volunteers from IWA’s Waterway Recovery Group (WRG).
Other News
- Canal & River Trust recruits heritage trainees
- Canal & River Trust gets £350k boost from charitable foundation
- Montgomery Canal restoration moves one step closer
- Living Waterways Awards finalists announced
- Last minute family holidays boost boat bookings
- Phase 2 Consultation on winter stoppages
- IWA welcomes APPWG inquiry
- New business prepares to open
- Canal & River Trust accounts highlight a year of progress
- Dutton breach work wins award
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Feature Articles
There’s life in the old lock gates yet!
2 June 2014
AFTER dealing with the damage caused by the winter’s storms, Buckingham Canal Society (BCS) work party volunteers have been working alongside a group from Network Rail for a team building day.
The task was to put a pair of old lock gates to good use again at Hyde Lane Lock within the Buckingham Canal Nature Reserve near Thornborough Mill. BCS leases the reserve from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) and manage it on their behalf.
Crossing the Ribble – a waterways adventure
22 May 2014
In the first of a new series, Peter Underwood prepares his narrowboat Blackberry Way for the challenge ahead
Other Feature Articles
What's On
23 July 2014
CANAL lovers may be swapping the eerie depths of the three-mile long Standedge Tunnel, Marsden, West Yorkshire, for a weekend of bright sunshine at the tunnel mouth.
Saturday and Sunday, July 26 and 27, sees a country fair at Standedge Tunnel and Visitors Centre, featuring crafts, food stalls, Punch and Judy and a display of vintage tractors as well as other assorted family activities.
Musicians raise money for historic narrowboat charity
22 July 2014
A GROUP of local folk and acoustic musicians have banded together to organise a tour by narrowboat to raise funds for the historic waterways charity Friends of Raymond.
They will be travelling by canal from Linslade to Watford over a week and stopping at canal side pubs and local music venues to perform acoustic gigs.
Videos
Whilton Marina: Craning a new Narrowboat into the marina
10 July 2014
EACH month we bring you a video from Whilton Marina’s About Narrowboating channel on YouTube. There are currently 56 films covering everything from Blacking a Narrowboat to Different Types of Handrails. This video shows Craning a new Narrowboat into the marina.
Whilton Marina: Hull Survey
6 June 2014
EACH month we bring you a video from Whilton Marina’s About Narrowboating channel on YouTube. There are currently 56 films covering everything from Blacking a Narrowboat to Different Types of Handrails. This video shows Craig Allen carrying out a hull survey.
Other Videos
Current Issue: Aug 2014
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♦ Boat review: True Blue
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• Next issue on sale: August 28, 2014
