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Whether it’s news, reviews, reports or guides, we’ve got it covered right across the UK’s entire canal network, and there’s a substantial trader section for all your buying and selling needs. Towpath Talk is the best way to find out what’s going on in British waterways today.
Canals running low, rivers running dry – is there a solution?
As we move into autumn, the summer drought remains in the news. With experts believing reservoir levels won’t recover until December, what should be done to protect our waterways in the future? Here, Charlie Norman, the director of campaigns and public affairs for the Inland Waterways Association, which acts as secretariat for the Waterways All-Party Parliamentary Group, writes exclusively for Towpath Talk about this most pressing issue.
Lessons from a life less ordinary
Adam Lind documents his daily life on his 59ft narrowboat to more than 900,000 like-minded adventurers. Now, he’s written his first book, and fresh from recording the audiobook version, he tells Lucy Wood all about it.
Race is on to find new homes for artefacts following museum closure
New custodians are being sought for the extensive collection housed at the River & Rowing Museum, in Henley-on-Thames, which is closing due to ongoing financial difficulties.
Should waterways be afforded personhood?
Around the world, a growing Rights of the River movement seeks to protect rivers by declaring them living beings entitled to fundamental rights akin to individuals, and it is gaining traction among waterways in England. Lucy Wood reports.
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