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No washing machine on board?

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January 27, 2023

Aylesbury Canal Society Laundrette List 2023 Do you have a washing machine on board? If not, then read on. With the pandemic and rising fuel costs, many laundrettes have closed their doors so now is the time to buy the latest edition of the ACS Laundrette List available from IWA Sales here or from IWA Sales, Island House,…
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Energy bills support scheme – off-grid households still out in the cold

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January 26, 2023

After months of broken promises and mounting distress from off-grid households facing the second major cold snap of this winter, the government has still failed to design a system capable of extending either the Energy Bills Support Scheme – Alternative Funding (EBSS-AF) or Alternative Fuel Payments (AFP) to thousands of households without a fixed address,…
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Multifuel stoves safety tips

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January 25, 2023

Ben Sutcliffe-Davies investigates… WHEN in Bristol last week I found that many owners have certainly dug in and got the heating on. Many had multifuel stoves going and I’m sure many regular readers will remember my articles from the last few years about the dangers of multifuel stoves. In the last few weeks there have…
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1,000s of activities to choose: from lock keeping to wildlife conservation

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January 23, 2023

THE NATION’S CANAL CHARITY LAUNCHES BIGGEST EVER APPEAL FOR VOLUNTEERS Thousands of people are being encouraged to join the army of volunteers who work alongside the Canal & River Trust charity in its growing mission to protect and preserve the nation’s 2,000-mile historic canal network across England and Wales. With volunteering by water proven to…
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Monthly look: freight on the waterways

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January 21, 2023

Jonathan Mosse’s monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways. AT THE end of November, the British Ports Association (BPA) and the UK Chamber of Shipping jointly hosted their annual Scottish Parliamentary Maritime reception in Holyrood, with a sizeable grouping of MSPs, to discuss the sustainability and energy revolution in their sector. Delivering a…
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Dead Dog bridge: £500k repairs underway

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January 20, 2023

The Canal & River Trust has this week started a £533,000 ten-week project to repair the Grade II Listed Interchange Basin Towpath Bridge on the Regent’s Canal in Camden. Built in 1846, the historic bridge known locally as ‘Dead Dog bridge’, is an important local landmark carrying the Regent’s Canal towpath across the canal basin…
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300 million litres of water – transfer proposal

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January 19, 2023

Proposals are underway to secure the nation’s water resources for the future.  Among the various regional groups, Water Resources South East (WRSE), an alliance of the six water companies that supply drinking water across London and the South East England, have now submitted draft proposals for addressing the region’s increasing vulnerability to serious water shortages. (WRSE…
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Roving traders resume charity donations

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January 18, 2023

SINCE the start of Covid-19 the Roving Canal Traders Association (RCTA) along with many other charities, non-profit-making groups, businesses and traders that make up the canal network have had a tough time. This year however, things returned to almost normal and the association’s floating markets started to take off once again, enabling RCTA to resume…
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Top destinations for 2023

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January 16, 2023

FROM rural retreats to vibrant city centres, narrowboat holidaymakers can use their boat as a floating holiday home to explore Britain’s network of inland waterways. There’s a great choice of hundreds of waterside destinations and canalside pubs to stop off at along the way. Here are Drifters’ waterways holidays’ top canal boat holidays for 2023:…
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Marine services across the Midlands

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January 14, 2023

IF YOU are looking for quality workmanship and great customer service at a reasonable price then look no further than HiQ Marine Services, writes director and engineer Jamie Wilde. Having experienced some of the workmanship carried out for boat owners relying on the services of an ‘expert’, we decided to create HiQ Marine Services to…
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Winter works underway to protect historic Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal

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January 13, 2023

Glandŵr Cymru, the Canal & River Trust in Wales, has started a four-month programme of improvements to protect and preserve the picturesque Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal. The works on the 35-mile canal, which has a history dating back over 220 years, will be completed in March and will see the Trust’s team of staff and…
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Canalway Cavalcade prepares for 40th anniversary

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January 11, 2023

THE Inland Waterways Association’s Canalway Cavalcade will celebrate its 40th anniversary at Little Venice during the Early May Bank Holiday weekend from April 29-May 1, 2023. This legendary event has been bringing communities together since 1983 and will once again be transforming the heart of the London canal network, with more than 100 colourfully dressed…
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The Roundhouse Birmingham

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January 10, 2023

Nicola Lisle discovers a new visitor centre in Birmingham in the latest in her museum series. ONE of Birmingham’s newest visitor attractions, having opened in July 2021, the Roundhouse in Birmingham is a lovely canalside gem in the heart of the city’s Ladywood district. The horseshoe-shaped building dates back to 1874 and was at the…
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Donation to steam narrowboat President honours renowned boatbuilder

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January 9, 2023

IWA Lichfield Branch has donated £2000 in memory of Malcolm Braine, founding member of Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Society. The donation to the Black Country Living Museum will support the current restoration work and design and installation of a new boiler for President – one of the world’s few surviving boats of its kind and…
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