The Canal & River Trust charity, which cares for Toddbrook Reservoir in Whaley Bridge, is to launch a three-week public consultation on Wednesday 9 September
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Category: Features
How to sell your boat – Quickly and for the right price
Most boat brokers will tell you that they never cease to be amazed at the condition of the some of the vessels they are paid to sell.
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Greener boating: power and propulsion
Phil Pickin turns the spotlight on power in this new series looking at what could be the ‘new normal’ for environmentally friendly boaters. WE OFTEN
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Video: The Lost Stafford Riverway Link
This is a taster of a project undertaken by a group of enthusiasts to rebuild a lost canal and river link to Stafford from the
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Lunch with Tim Langer – the ‘odd lock’ canal operator
In the summer of 2019 Tim Langer sold the two canal marinas he had built and then run – at Crick and Cropredy – to
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Where Arden met Shakespeare
April 23 celebrates the amazing life and works of William Shakespeare. However, few know about the roots of this iconic literary figure. The story of
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Calling all Armchair Adventurers – England’s first coast to coast canoe trail
Coronavirus confinement at home may be frustrating, particularly for active people who are used to racing around outdoors and don’t have patience for streaming endless
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RNLI lifesavers captured on glass
ARMED with his vintage camera and mobile darkroom – a converted ambulance purchased from eBay – photographer Jack Lowe recently visited Northern Ireland for the
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Job offer: Branch Sales Advisor – Midland Chandlers
We are looking for a committed, customer focused and practical individual to join our team. You’ll work in a rewarding retail environment.
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The daily ‘canute’
Craig Gunn likes to beat London’s rush hour traffic via ‘canute’. Here he explains how he just goes with the flow on his stress-free journey
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Railways and canals collide in Keith’s model creation
A WARWICK-BASED boater has combined two of his great passions by building a model railway in the cargo hold of his replica working narrowboat Hadar.
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International Slavery Museum
The only national museum of its kind in the world. THE International Slavery Museum is located in Liverpool’s Albert Dock in the zone where ships
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Saving the past for the future
THE Yorkshire Ex-Commercial Barge Club specialise in industrial history preservation. Its members are all owners of private vessels and welcome support in helping them fight
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It’s my second sinking today
Harry Arnold of Waterway Images looks back with fondness and humour at life on the canals in decades gone by. RETURNING to Norbury Junction is
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