Julie Webb meets the couple for whom carrying coal has become a way of life. “OUR eyes met over a diesel pump!” said John Jackson,
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Category: Features
Cog
The bare roots of canal mechanics By Phillippa Greenwood. Images by Martine O’Callaghan THE ultimate marvel of Britain’s canals remains how still water manages to
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Using paddle gear safely
This video by the Canal & River Trust on the safe use of paddle gear features historic narrowboat Sweden.
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The Wet Web – July
Helen Gazeley looks at continental holidays and a new radio station for boaters. WITH the siren call of the holiday season luring us to new
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Pedestal power
Janet Richardson hooks up to a company at the forefront of marine utility services. ONE of the most familiar sights alongside the pontoons at any
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Mission impossible for The Pod?
Can you find – and buy – your own residential mooring? That was the quest facing Pam Berridge and Kate Webley. Pam takes up the
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Salt’s Mill – A living village of World Heritage
FIRE-spitting chimneys once choked the landscape across the north of England, and the area still harbours secrets from the heyday of those dark satanic mills.
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The Wet Web: Helen Gazeley looks at open gardens and a space for events
ONE of the most intriguing gardens on show during the upcoming Open Garden Squares Weekend, in London on June 18-19, has to be Garden Barge
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How to test your batteries and use a multi-meter.
TESTING battery voltage is not something the everyday boat owner would undertake, however, being able to test your own batteries gives you an insight into
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Characters of the cut: Tim & Ali Smith
Meashamware is just one of the lines collected by floating antique dealers Tim and Ali Smith. Julie Webb finds out more. AS A by-product of
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Ulster’s Inland Sea
Alison Alderton visits Lough Neagh – the largest lake in the British Isles. LINKED to the sea by the Lower Bann and bordered by five
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Characters of the cut: The Cheese Boat
Julie Webb meets ‘the cheesies’ who help to preserve a centuries-old tradition. FANS of Patrick O’Brian’s novels of shipboard life in Napoleonic times will remember
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Standedge Tunnel trip boats refitted for new season
THE Canal & River Trust’s Standedge Tunnel trip boats have undergone an extensive refit in Debdale Wharf Marina’s workshops ready for the 2016 season. Starting
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Exploring the Suck Valley
Alison Alderton finds a pleasant diversion for boaters cruising the Shannon. THE River Suck rises close to the town of Castlerea and draining Lough O’Flynn
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