Features – Page 3 – Towpath Talk

The Wet Web

March 22, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

Helen Gazeley looks at living history, whitebait and a frogspawn survey. THE Thames was once home to hundreds of boat and barge yards, employing thousands

River people

February 7, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

Lifeboatman John Chapman is one of the crew who patrol the busy tidal River Thames from Teddington. Elizabeth Rogers finds out more. THIS year marks

Going for gold…

February 4, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

By Janet Richardson ONE of the regular features of the London Boat Show is the presentation of The Yacht Harbour Association’s prestigious Marina of the

Enjoy the best of both worlds at Tewkesbury

February 3, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

By Janet Richardson STRATEGICALLY important over the centuries, the medieval market town of Tewkesbury is situated at the confluence of the rivers Avon and Severn.

Attracting the next generation of boaters

February 2, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

Mark Tizard, vice-chairman of the National Association of Boat Owners (NABO), comments on some more topical issues. NABO’s recent open letter to the All Party

Artist Lucy joins the fellowship of The Ring

February 1, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

UK STREET artist Lucy McLauchlan is the newest addition to The Ring – a major arts programme and cultural first for Worcestershire that will celebrate

The constellation of Gemini – heavenly twins holding hands in the sky

January 31, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

Towpath astronomer Brian Jones pinpoints one of the oldest star groups. VISIBLE high in the southern sky during mid-evenings in February, the constellation of Gemini

Towpath gardeners get a good thing going

January 30, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

A COMMUNITY ‘linear larder’ garden along the banks of the Rochdale Canal was a runner-up in a new BBC One daytime TV series, Let’s Get

Brewery company to be a Joule in Crown Wharf site

January 30, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

By Harry Arnold Pictures: Waterway Images AFTER some months of negotiations Joule’s Brewery has acquired the key Crown Wharf site on the Trent & Mersey

Narrowboat Farm – the future of community-owned moorings in Scotland

January 30, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

Cicely Oliver discovers that there’s more to farming than crops in the fields. Pictures: Iain Withers IN 2015 Iain Withers bought four acres of farmland

Converted warehouse brings industrial heritage to life

January 30, 2018 Pauline Hawkins Features

A FORMER canal warehouse from pre-Victorian times has sailed into a new life as a popular museum. The Ashton Canal Warehouse was built in the

Belvoir Castle Railway

January 25, 2018 Web Editor Features

In this new series of articles, exclusive to the Towpath Talk app, we delve into the 120-year archive of The Railway Magazine for an in-depth

Going for gold… AND THEY GOT IT TIMES FIVE!

January 23, 2018 jrichardson Features

ONE of the regular features of the London Boat Show is the presentation of The Yacht Harbour Association’s prestigious Marina of the Year Awards. Voted

Cracker’s (Christmas) chat…

December 24, 2017 Pauline Hawkins Features

Boat horse Cracker tells the tale of how he created some bad feeling in the season of goodwill by escaping from his enclosure… NOW that