Inside the September issue of Towpath Talk, boat owners who keep or use their vessels on Environment Agency (EA) waterways have until September 16 are to have their say on proposed changes to registration charges.
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Category: Features
Escaping the rent trap – Millie, Dale and Ralph!
Emergency Services worker Dale and Teaching Assistant Millie (both 26) were fed up working hard to pay someone else’s mortgage – ‘stuck in the rent
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Crick Boat Show August 2021: Who’s who and what’s what?
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.
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The Bottle Kilns of Stoke-On-Trent
The Stoke-on-Trent skylines of the late 18th and 19th centuries were once dominated by thousands of smoky “bottle kilns” used for firing the pottery ware.
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The Widgeon Theatre Boat is coming to town, presenting The Grit of Life
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. . .
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Inside the August issue of Towpath Talk
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.
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Southampton International Boat Show is back and tickets go on sale today!
The excitement is mounting as tickets go on sale today (20th July) for Southampton International Boat Show, taking place from 10-19 September.
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Vandalism on the Ashby Canal
Sometime over Saturday 11 July, a picnic table and Ashby Canal Association information sign by Bridge 37 on the Ashby Canal at Far Coton, near Market Bosworth was destroyed by an obviously disturbed individual.
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Spending time on the water can be a perfect prescription to improve health and wellbeing
With concerns around the negative mental and physical health legacy of the coronavirus pandemic, new research published 7 July 2021, reveals that spending time on coastal or inland waterways can be an easily accessible and effective way to improve wellbeing.
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Crofton Beam Engines fires up their boiler for public steaming again!
There was great excitement at Crofton in June when the boiler was fired up for a public steaming. The first time since 2019. Over 200 visitors saw the 1812 Boulton and Watt beam engine perform the role it was designed for in the 19th century. Industrial heritage in action in Wiltshire!
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Cruising on the Chesterfield Canal is back!
With the scrapping of social distancing rules, the Chesterfield Canal Trust will be getting its fleet of four tripboats back into action.
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SOS call goes out to save SS Sir Walter Scott
An urgent call has gone out from the Loch Katrine Steamship Trust for enthusiasts, businesses and public bodies to rally round to help raise £500,000 before the end of 2021 to ensure the 1899-built, fresh water steamer, can sail again in 2022.
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The Canal & River Trust urges boaters to follow the Waterway Code
The Canal & River Trust has worked with boaters and anglers to update and relaunch the Waterway Code to help all those who share the
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Fairport’s Cropredy Convention festival postponed until 11- 13 August 2022
Fairport Convention today announced that their annual music festival, Fairport’s Cropredy Convention, has been postponed for the second time.
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