Category: 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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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,

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.

Towpath astronomer Brian Jones searches the sky for the constellation of Boötes. Is it herdsman, ploughman or bear driver? THE prominent constellation of Boötes is located

HAVING been operating for the last five years with the boat stock that came with the business Venetian Hireboats, Phil Roberts and his wife Maxine

Alison Alderton visits one of Ireland’s most famous monastic sites. ARRIVAL at a destination by boat is always special but there is one place in

BOATING holidays agency Waterways Holidays has answered the questions it is most often asked in a blog post titled Newbie’s Guide to Boating. The company