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Assist Insurance Services Ltd win prestigious insurance award

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Scootering Web Editor

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July 17, 2024

ASSIST Insurance Services Ltd were announced as the winner of the 2024 Customer Experience Award, one of the most prestigious awards in the insurance industry, on July 3, at the Royal Albert Hall. A few months ago, they were informed that they had been shortlisted for three prestigious British Insurance Awards, marking a significant accomplishment.…
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Christmas Gift Guide 2023

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Alex Bestwick

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December 4, 2023

We’ve made your life that bit simpler with this Christmas our exclusive Gift Guide! Check out some of these fantastic must-haves…
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A guide to Scotland’s top lochs

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Cicely Oliver

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January 23, 2023

LOCHS of Scotland, the comprehensive guide to Scotland’s most fabulous inland and sea lochs, does exactly what it says on the cover. It takes readers from Loch Ken in the south to Loch Eriboll in the north, introducing them to 50 Scottish lochs and lochans, tidal and inland, from the coast to the mountains. It’s…
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Get tooled up! Save £££’s with Machine Mart Black Friday Deals!

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Web Editor

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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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Carry your steaming drinks safely with a Muggi

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Web Editor

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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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Studybed: It’s a study, a bed and a great saver of space!

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Mark Lancaster

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February 4, 2022

We all know space is at a premium on your boat. Studybed is a great product that allows you to have a fabulous study area which converts in to a bed, in just three seconds, without any hassle! They captivated George Clarke, the small spaces / home improvement guru (see video below) and we think…
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Book review! A treat for nature lovers the world over

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Janet Richardson

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November 17, 2021

THE introductory line on the back dust cover of this unique book says: ‘The first field guide to all of the world’s major land habitats’. This bold statement is certainly a truism and, if anything, perhaps a little understated. Nature lovers are in for a treat if they’re looking for an easy to interpret, all…
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A canal winter’s tale

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Janet Richardson

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October 26, 2021

REVIEWER: Tim Coghlan THEY say there is a book waiting to be written in everyone of us – if we only could settle down and write it. And sometimes that book, which may have been a long time in coming, can be very good, and well worth waiting for. Literature is full of one-book-wonders and…
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Island hopping on a grand scale. Reviewer: Alison Alderton

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Mark Lancaster

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August 16, 2021

DESCRIBED as ‘the explorer’s guide to over 200 of the most beautiful and intriguing islands around Britain’, Treasured Islands will appeal to a wide audience from day trippers and holidaymakers to sea-going navigators All the well-known islands one would expect are featured but author Peter Naldrett has also gone out of his way travelling to…
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Keeping cool in the summer sun

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Shannon Butcher

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June 21, 2021

A portable air cooling unit has been produced with boats in mind by British manufacturer TotalCool, based in Clitheroe, Lancashire.
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Separett Tiny – a waterless toilet for small spaces!

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Shannon Butcher

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March 31, 2021

London-based WooWoo Waterless toilets are pleased to announce that the new Separett Tiny waterless compost toilet is being released on 1st April 2021.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Living on the Waterways

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Janet Richardson

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December 15, 2020

Let’s ignore the old adage for a minute because the cover of this book gives a very strong clue to its ethos.
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River Canal Rescue launches midi Bilgeaway filter

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Shannon Butcher

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April 24, 2020

River Canal Rescue (RCR) has extended its range of Bilgeaway filters with the addition of a new smaller midi filter, suitable for boat owners who have little or no bilge pollution, but want peace of mind they will not pollute the waterways if anything does happen. Retailing at £60, the cartridge-free, ‘plug and play’ filter…
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Shipbuilding in a Lincolnshire market town

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Janet Richardson

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April 17, 2020

WHEN Louth author and historian Stuart Sizer first researched the history of his local canal, he concentrated on the construction, personalities and businesses and not the craft using the navigation. A visit by the direct descendants of the Nell family who travelled from New Zealand to see where their ancestors lived and worked sparked an…
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