Features

Monthly look: freight on the waterways

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January 21, 2023

Jonathan Mosse’s monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways. AT THE end of November, the British Ports Association (BPA) and the UK Chamber of Shipping jointly hosted their annual Scottish Parliamentary Maritime reception in Holyrood, with a sizeable grouping of MSPs, to discuss the sustainability and energy revolution in their sector. Delivering a…
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The Roundhouse Birmingham

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January 10, 2023

Nicola Lisle discovers a new visitor centre in Birmingham in the latest in her museum series. ONE of Birmingham’s newest visitor attractions, having opened in July 2021, the Roundhouse in Birmingham is a lovely canalside gem in the heart of the city’s Ladywood district. The horseshoe-shaped building dates back to 1874 and was at the…
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Raising a family on the cut!

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January 7, 2023

Alice Griffin meets the Burr family: IT WAS on an early morning back in 2011 while working a narrowboat down the Oxford Summit towards Napton as part of a family holiday that Tim and Julie Burr decided they had to make the canals their home. Julie told me: “Tim’s parents regularly holidayed on the canals…
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Characters Of The Cut: Michelle Martin, Art On Board

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December 14, 2022

Pet portraits painted with love- Alice Griffin reports… A CHANCE sighting of an ex-hire boat at Longport Wharf, Stoke-on-Trent, one day in 2004 was to change the course of artist and musician Michelle Martin’s life. “I had been working at Moorcroft Pottery but had just received my redundancy papers. It was a sad day and…
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Exploring the Leeds & Liverpool Canal

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Arianne Davey

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December 9, 2022

The Leeds & Liverpool Canal offers 127 miles of walking, boating, wildlife-watching and all-round relaxation. Leaving Liverpool, the canal passes through East Lancashire and then crosses Pennine countryside and picturesque villages on the edge of the Yorskhire Dales before reaching Leeds.
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The canals and canal sides of Nottingham

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Arianne Davey

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December 2, 2022

Canals were originally built as a way of transporting goods around the country, so it’s no surprise most built up areas have a canal somewhere. Here’s some of the hidden gems and areas along the Nottingham & Beeston Canal that you won’t want to miss.
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Canal walks and highlights in London

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Arianne Davey

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November 25, 2022

If you like the buzz of a city but also enjoy the tranquillity of the canals and exploring their heritage and industrial background, London has lots on offer and plenty to see along it’s waterways.
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Towpath Watches: Some of our favourite YouTube creators

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Alex Bestwick

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November 24, 2022

It’s cold and wet out there, but with this list YouTubers to watch you can get all the excitement of narrowboat restorations and magnet fishing without moving a muscle!
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Get tooled up! Save £££’s with Machine Mart Black Friday Deals!

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November 19, 2022

From NOW until Tuesday 29th November, Machine Mart customers can make fantastic savings on 68 great products, thanks to their Black Friday promotion! With savings up to £120, you will not want to miss out on this brilliant pre-Christmas promotion, perfect for saving money on that gift for a loved one or a special treat…
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Characters of the Cut: Richard Paterson – Bird & the Bees

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November 15, 2022

Bird feeders and insect hotels handcrafted from reclaimed wood. Alice Griffin reports… WHEN I first bumped into Richard Paterson on the Grand Union Canal, he had set up his workbench on a spare piece of grass along the towpath and was busy sawing away with faithful dog Harvey by his side. Together they created an…
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Share your view of Scotland’s Canals

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Cicely Oliver

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November 11, 2022

MEMBERS of the public are invited to complete an online survey to tell Scottish Canals their views of the canals and how they use them. The findings will be used by Scottish Canals to guide its Corporate Vision and set the scene for the next five years of work for the waterways. Richard Millar, chief…
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Levelling up! Freight developments on the waterways

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October 25, 2022

Jonathan Mosse continues his monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways. I’M BOTH intrigued that Boris has unwittingly stolen my thunder and dismayed in equal measure that he might, by association, have devalued my message. But, on balance, I feel there’s nothing for it but to press on! We’ve recently viewed the burgeoning…
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Pets afloat! 🐶 😸For the love of dogs – and cats..

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October 8, 2022

By Alison Wilkerson I LOVE craft fayres and markets, especially floating ones, where you discover a plethora of goods created on boats by their artistic, and sometimes famous, owners. At one such floating market which I had seen advertised by the Roving Canal Traders Association (RCTA) www.rcta.org.uk, on the Grand Union Canal in Milton Keynes,…
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Characters of the Cut: Nancy Campbell, writer

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October 7, 2022

Alice Griffin caught up with writer Nancy Campbell: DESPITE growing up in the Scottish Borders and Northumberland – a part of the UK sparse on canals – writer Nancy Campbell has developed a deep love for our inland waters. Moving south to university she encountered her first human-made waterway, the South Oxford Canal, and it…
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