Les Heath meets the family who are living the dream after buying an island… ARE there any boaters out there who would love their own
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A tale of kindness and friendship for all ages
THE festive season on the Puppet Theatre Barge continues with The Little Christmas Tree, which runs until the new year. This new Christmas production combines
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Seasonal specials on the Chesterfield Canal
THE Chesterfield Canal Trust has started its Santa Special season with a selection of trips on four different boats from five different venues. They run
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Santa takes a turn on The Falkirk Wheel
SANTA is taking time out of his busy schedule in the run-up to Christmas and offering families paying a visit to the world’s only rotating
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Orion – dazzling hunter with the glowing sword
Towpath astronomer Brian Jones features one of the easiest to spot constellations in the winter sky. THE magnificent Orion is arguably the most beautiful constellation
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A lasting Friendship…
Phillippa Greenwood visits the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port, to discover the story of a No 1 boat that lives on to tell the story
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Island hopping on Lough Key
Janet Richardson takes a speedboat tour. THE woodlands and islands of Lough Key in County Roscommon have played their part in Irish history, inhabited by
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The Croydon Canal And Its Railway Successors
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
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The Andover and Redbridge Railway
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
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Hot stuff at Middlewich FAB Festival
THE heat was turned up for the 27th Middlewich Folk and Boat Festival over the weekend of June 16-18, writes Colin Wareing. There were queues
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Taming the Flood by Jeremy Purseglove
Practical proposals to protect against flooding Reviewer: Elizabeth Rogers LAST winter may have been a relatively – and unseasonably – dry one, but memories of
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Canals In Britain by Tony Condor
Modest in price, but not in quality Reviewer: Harry Arnold WE have reviewed one or two large multi-page and expensive general waterway books lately –
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Characters of the cut – Carol Morgan
Elizabeth Rogers meets Carol Morgan, a waterways operations team leader with the Environment Agency. “EVERY day can be different. Whatever I may have expected to
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Characters of the cut – Tim Coghlan
Julie Webb meets the man who masterminded the revival of Braunston Marina. READERS of April and May Towpath Talk may have seen with interest the
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