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The daily ‘canute’

February 12, 2020 Pauline Hawkins Features

Craig Gunn likes to beat London’s rush hour traffic by taking to the canal. Here he explains how he just goes with the flow on

Railways and canals collide in Keith’s model creation

December 31, 2019 Pauline Hawkins Features

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.

Maid steams into Loch Lomond shores!

March 20, 2019 Hugh Dougherty Features

PS Maid of The Loch has steamed right into the heart of Loch Lomond Shores retail outlet, but without leaving her berth at nearby Balloch

International Slavery Museum

March 11, 2019 Janet Richardson Features

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

Saving the past for the future

June 25, 2018 Janet Richardson Featured, Features

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

It’s my second sinking today

June 4, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

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

Paddle your own canoe (kayak, etc.)…

May 31, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

Review by Elizabeth Rogers MARK Rainsley is an enthusiastic paddler, by kayak, canoe boat or paddleboard, and he suggests in his book Paddle the Thames

Villagers care for their canal

May 30, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

Elizabeth Rogers talks to Alan Norris, founding chairman of the West Vale branch of the Wilts & Berks Canal Trust. BACK in 1991 Alan Norris

Still steaming along successfully

May 30, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

Still going strong, Salter’s Steamers have been carrying passengers on the Thames since the mid-19th century. Elizabeth Rogers talks to Paul Salter, the sixth generation

Well, it beats catching the bus!

May 30, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

KAYAKER Tom Hards has found a better way to cope with his daily commute between Stroud and Stonehouse by choosing to paddle to work instead

Be vigilant this summer!

May 30, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

By working towards an environmentally sustainable boating community, we can save money, avoid red tape and safeguard the waterways and habitats we enjoy for the

A morning at the Mon & Brec

May 29, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

The most popular attraction in the Brecon Beacons National Park, the Mon & Brec Canal is totally landlocked. Janet Richardson visited South Wales to find

Explore the Cally by canoe

May 29, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

THE Caledonian Canal is 60 miles of natural fresh water lochs and man-made canals running through the magnificently scenic Great Glen of the Scottish Highlands,

A lunch with Hercule Poirot

May 26, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

Tim Coghlan of Braunston Marina has lunch with David Suchet of Hercule Poirot fame and finds out more about the actor’s connection with Britain’s canals.