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Riverside Museum, Reading!

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September 17, 2022

Nicola Lisle continues her museum series with a visit to this delightful museum on the River Kennet. THE Riverside Museum in Reading is one of the town’s unexpected delights. A branch of Reading Museum, it is housed in a Victorian sewage pumping station at Blake’s Lock, just outside the town centre and close to the…
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Our Sue’s weekend at Mercia Marina!

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September 2, 2022

Here’s our Head of Advertising, Sue, enjoying a lovely weekend at Mercia Marina , Willington near Derby, in a lodge belonging to one of her relatives. We managed to persuade Sue to do a bit of filming – didn’t she do well! See the cafe, the surroundings, inside a lodge and meet Carl, who swapped…
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Rolling on the river

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August 22, 2022

Jonathan Mosse continues his monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways. AS WRITER and researcher for the Nicholson Waterway Guides, bumping along what passes for a towpath on the lower Trent astride a bicycle, checking for changes to the navigation, could easily be numbered at the bottom end of the job’s attractions. By…
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Characters of the Cut! Lena Rodriguez, Infinity Boat Covers

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July 30, 2022

Alice Griffin catches up with Lena Rodriguez of Infinity Boat Covers.. ORIGINALLY hailing from the Spanish Atlantic coast, Lena Rodriguez grew up in a culture very much entwined with boats and the sea. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that she has spent the past nine years as a continuous cruiser aboard her 40ft narrowboat,…
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Narrowboat TikTokers show us their way of life

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July 26, 2022

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live on a narrowboat? Or maybe you already do, but want to find inspiration of where to go and what to do? Look no further than TikTok.
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That ‘last mile’: Jonathan Mosse continues his look at freight developments on the inland waterways!

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July 22, 2022

LAST month we looked at the big picture and how waterways freight might establish itself as part of a true multimodal carrying strategy in the UK, examining how some of its perceived weaknesses could, in reality, constitute its strengths. When built, canals flowed past industry’s back door enabling boats to pick up finished goods and…
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Characters of the Cut: Tracey Hughes, Prince Hal Pottery

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July 4, 2022

HAVING spent a number of years enjoying travel to far-off destinations including Mongolia and China – all while world schooling her two children – Tracey Hughes is now at a home base in England. Aboard her 64ft cruiser stern narrowboat, Prince Hal, she has found a way to satisfy her wanderlust, while having the space…
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Characters of the Cut – Janice Price, Nancy May Crochet

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May 16, 2022

DESPITE Janice Price’s roving trader business – Nancy May Crochet – being named after her nan, it wasn’t her nan that taught Janice how to crochet. “I taught myself how to crochet after a family member had a premature baby. He was super tiny at just under 2lb and although I didn’t learn how to…
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Pets on the Cut – Ferreting around

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April 29, 2022

By Alison Wilkerson OVER the years I have met many dogs on the cut who either live aboard boats, are on day trips or are enjoying cruising holidays with their owners, families and friends. Many dogs live in peaceful harmony with other dogs and occasionally cats but two very special lurchers, 10-year-old Bowie (yes he…
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Letting off steam on the Weaver

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April 22, 2022

The Daniel Adamson – also known as ‘the Danny’ – recently started its passenger cruise programme following a £5 million restoration. Janet Richardson joined one of the River Weaver trips.
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Characters of the Cut

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April 16, 2022

Sam Worrall, Heyford Wharf by Alice Griffin By Alice GriffinA NOMADIC soul and passionate advocate for those who choose to live a travelling life, Sam Worrall first found herself living on the water back in 2012. “I have lived off-grid for about 20 years. I used to live in a little converted bus but it…
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Carry your steaming drinks safely with a Muggi

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April 6, 2022

IT’S several years since we tested a Muggi drinks carrier and the colourful drinks trays have developed a cult following with people from all walks of life putting them to good use. The Muggi is great for keeping your hot drinks safe on deck – or on the narrowboat roof – so you can enjoy…
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Time for a tidy up of tired paintwork

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April 5, 2022

The weather’s looking up and it’s a great time to get those pressing jobs done on the boat. One job that many owners undertake as a DIY project is the external painting of the narrowboat/widebeam topsides and cabin shell. In the short term this can really brighten up a vessel and make a massive instant…
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Freight flounders

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April 1, 2022

Jonathan Mosse continues his monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways. STILL the fish kill saga continues in the Knottingley area of the Aire & Calder Navigation with no apparent resolution in sight, although in reality it’s the freight traffic that is being decimated rather than the local fish stocks. So, what do…
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