Towpath Talk

Boat owners who keep or use their vessels on Environment Agency (EA) waterways are being urged to have their say on newly proposed registration charges which will be introduced from 2022.

The Canal & River Trust is unveiling a summer of arts along its waterways as coronavirus restrictions lift.

It’s no secret that live entertainment has taken a battering this past year. But, as theatres and concert halls dust down their auditoriums, show producer MJ Morgan experiences far more diverse challenges to ensure that for her production – Grit of Life – the show does go on. . . 

Inside the August issue of Towpath Talk, one of the inland waterways’ annual highlights, Crick Boat Show has moved to the weekend of August 20-22 from its usual dates in May and visitors can again vote for their favourite boat in the show, which is a popular tradition.

The excitement is mounting as tickets go on sale today (20th July) for Southampton International Boat Show, taking place from 10-19 September.

The annual COSMIC Rubber Duck Race will return to the Regent’s Canal this summer to raise much needed funds for St Mary’s hospital.

The Crick Boat Show is just around the corner and there are lots of fantastic exhibitors getting ready to greet visitors for the first time in a while.

Brer Rabbit travels to Africa to visit his grandmother and gets himself into trouble. All the animals of Africa – elephant, lion and tortoise alike – gather to help.