Braunston Historic Narrowboat Rally

Steady as she goes for the twenty-second 2026 Braunston Historic Narrowboat Rally

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July 23, 2026

Tim Coghlan reports… Despite the weather warnings for extreme heat, this year’s Braunston Historic Narrowboat Rally – held in its traditional slot over the last weekend in June – remained as popular as ever. Whilst visitor numbers were somewhat down, historic narrowboat attendance was the best for several years, with 90 of them, versus 79…
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Sculptor’s great canal journeys

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January 5, 2023

Words and photos: Tim Coghlan Actors and boaters Tim and Pru are not the only ones to make Great Canal Journeys. And whereas those engaging octogenarians have now retired from the fray, Sculptor – the octogenarian historic narrowboat owned and operated by the Canal Museum at Stoke Bruerne – is once again out and about,…
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Shipshape and Braunston fashion

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May 5, 2022

WITH the lifting of lockdown and the prospect of a full season of waterways rallies and festivals ahead, the owners of Effingham, Keith and Jill Astley, have recently had its paintwork restored to the original 1959 British Waterways livery. The work was carried out by father and son boat painters Dave and Aaron Bishop in…
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