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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Category: Features
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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Light touch in Falkirk Tunnel
By Hugh Dougherty THEY’VE taken a light touch to illuminating the 690-yard-long Falkirk Tunnel, blasted through solid rock by navvies building the Union Canal. Scottish
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Character of the cut
Elizabeth Rogers meets waterways officer Tony Forster, who lives and breathes boats for work, rest and play. “I AM certainly a river person, I am
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Dog walking on the canals
WHEN it comes to stretching all four legs, the canal is a canine’s best friend. Paula Boyden, deputy veterinary director at the Dogs Trust says:
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The Turf
A Tudor gem FEW places on earth can feel solitary at the same time as welcoming people. There’s a secret spot in Devon that attracts
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Characters of the cut
Julie Webb discovers that one of the Braunston Rally’s regulars is a skater as well as a boater. THE day I interviewed David Daines, in
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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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