Towpath Talk

September 2023

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Arianne Davey

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August 25, 2023

Regularly topping 100 pages, Towpath Talk features everything you need to know about boats, marinas, wildlife, conservation, heritage and superb days out.
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Retro on the Water returns this Weekend

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August 24, 2023

Retro on the Water returns to Gloucester on the weekend of 26-27 August, with the City’s historic Docks hosting an array of boat trips, displays and stalls. The free-to-attend event takes place at the same time as the Gloucester Goes Retro festival across the city, one of Gloucester’s vibrant festival calendar highlights. Across the two…
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Dry dock ‘n’ roll

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Mark Lancaster

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August 23, 2023

Banbury’s unique piece of nationally recognised industrial revolution heritage – Tooley’s Boatyard – is throwing open the doors to its 254-year-old dry dock, the UK’s oldest on the canal system, for ten days of music, comedy and theatre to coincide with the Banbury canal festival. Tooleys have teamed up with award-winning floating venue boat The…
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130 Years Strong for Winterburn Reservoir

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August 22, 2023

RESTORATION REPAIRS REACH HALFWAY POINT AS CANAL CHARITY PROTECTS NATION’S HISTORIC WATERWAYS Winterburn Reservoir, which opened 130 years ago this month and was the last significant Victorian construction project on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, is at the halfway point of a three-month programme of essential maintenance works carried out by Canal & River Trust.…
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Stretch of the Leeds and Liverpool reopens

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Colin Wareing

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August 19, 2023

Repairs have been completed on Leeds and Liverpool to a leak through the wash wall between bridges 32 and 31 near Burscough in West Lancashire on Wednesday the 16.8.2023. A leak had been detected through the wash wall along the towpath side with the canal flowing into an adjacent farm field. On Sunday the 16th of…
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Government Energy Support Now Available to Continuous Cruisers

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August 18, 2023

People living on boats without home moorings on Canal & River Trust navigations will be entitled to payments from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero from the Energy Bill Support Scheme, following months of lobbying from the Canal & River Trust. This support will be provided in the form of a single £600…
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Shropshire volunteers earn award for restoration work

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Phil Pickin

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August 16, 2023

THIS year it was Oswestry’s turn to host the Montgomery Canal Forum, which was held in the Aico Centre of Excellence on the outskirts of the town. The impressive and modern venue saw a number of speakers outline the work carried out over the past year, which saw the official opening of the Crickheath basin…
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Boating tragedy brings community benefit

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August 15, 2023

IN SEPTEMBER 2022, a hire boater died on the Coventry Canal close to Huddlesford Junction and the moorings of Lichfield Cruising Club. It is believed the man was taken ill while steering and there was a minor collision with a moored boat, following which he went into the water. A small gathering of Russell Newbery…
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Opening the way for boats and tourism benefits

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August 14, 2023

Volunteers are the lifeblood of many organisations. Sally Clifford chats to members of Pocklington Canal Amenity Society about their ambitious plans for the future. THEY are the silent workforce. Without volunteers, many organisations throughout the country would struggle to survive or, at least, get anything done. Canals and towpaths are just some of the places…
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Historic Thames locks receive £9.5m investment

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August 12, 2023

THE Environment Agency’s Navigation Programme has invested £9.5 million into the non-tidal Thames over 2022/23 and delivered a variety of refurbishment projects from Rushey Lock in West Oxfordshire to Romney Lock in Windsor. These include improvements to public safety, resilience and amenity works to make visiting locks an even more pleasant experience for boaters out…
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How much does it cost to live on a narrowboat?

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Arianne Davey

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August 11, 2023

Adam Lind shares lots about his life on board a boat and provides lots of tips, ideas and information that you might find useful if you’re considering living on a boat too.
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Green-fingered winners of Aquavista in Bloom announced

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August 10, 2023

Aquavista is delighted to announce Kings Waterside & Marina as the ‘Outstanding Overall Site’ winner of its Aquavista in Bloom 2023 awards, sponsored by Towergate Insurance. The competition was launched in April, with Aquavista inviting their 29 inland and coastal marinas to accept the challenge of creating some stunning floral displays around their marina. The…
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Characters of the Cut: Narrowboat Family Foster

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August 9, 2023

Alice Grifin caught up with the Foster family WHEN Craig and Ellie Foster relocated to London for work, they knew they were at a crossroads requiring creative thinking. Ellie shared with me: “When Craig took a new job at a furniture and lighting company in King’s Cross, we knew that either I would have to…
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Barge Beagle’s summer holiday – lighting the way

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August 8, 2023

Sniffing out good finds for crews with canines! Alison Alderton reports… AROUND for centuries, lighthouses have adapted with technology. Now fully automated, what was once considered the lonely life of a lighthouse keeper no longer exists. However, the buildings they once called home remain and it’s possible to take holidays in some of them where,…
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