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Towpath Watches: Some of our favourite YouTube creators

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Alex Bestwick

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November 24, 2022

It’s cold and wet out there, but with this list YouTubers to watch you can get all the excitement of narrowboat restorations and magnet fishing without moving a muscle!
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Lakeland Leisure Estates make a splash with a new marina!

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November 24, 2022

Family-owned marina and holiday park operator; Lakeland Leisure Estates, has acquired Barton Marina in Staffordshire, increasing its inland marina offering for customers across the UK. Barton Marina is situated on the Trent & Mersey Canal near Barton-under-Needwood, with 300 berths ranging from 30ft to 70ft. The marina provides boat owners an ideal location to moor with…
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Is this waterpoint keeping your drinking water safe?

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November 23, 2022

From Towpath Talk reader Kevin Roberts, and a reply from the Environment Agency! NEW technology never seen before? No, it’s a new take on an Elizabethan toilet system! Between the years 1584 and 1591, Sir John Harrington, godson of Elizabeth I, invented a water closet with a raised cistern and a small downpipe through which…
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Restored waterwheel becomes an internet hit

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Mark Lancaster

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November 22, 2022

Wey & Arun Canal Trust volunteers’ restoration of a unique waterwheel in West Sussex has become an internet sensation thanks to a YouTube video reaching hundreds of thousands of people. The waterwheel at Lordings Lock and Orfold Aqueduct near Wisborough Green has been the focus of attention for Brian King and his team of volunteers…
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£4 million investment! Leicestershire’s historic waterways

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November 21, 2022

The Canal & River Trust, the national waterways and wellbeing charity, is investing £4 million on a four-month programme of repairs on Leicestershire’s historic waterways. As part of the programme, continuing until March, the Trust’s expert teams will be replacing lock gates, repairing historic bridges and carrying out a host of tasks to keep the…
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Get tooled up! Save £££’s with Machine Mart Black Friday Deals!

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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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MP visits Caldon Canal project

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November 18, 2022

STAFFORDSHIRE Moorlands MP Karen Bradley has visited the £2 million project to rebuild the historic Grade II listed Hazelhurst Bridge on the mainline of the Caldon Canal, near Endon. Hosted by Stephen Higham, the Canal & River Trust’s partnerships & external relationships manager for the West Midlands, she met members of the project team to…
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Pudsey team drops in for marina stop

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November 16, 2022

WHITE Mills Marina at Earl’s Barton had a special visitor as part of Radio Northampton’s 2022 walk and talk 18-mile Nenedeavour challenge for BBC Children in Need. The yella fella popped in to recharge the team’s batteries and enjoy a bite to eat in the Boathouse Café before continuing their walk along the River Nene…
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Characters of the Cut: Richard Paterson – Bird & the Bees

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November 15, 2022

Bird feeders and insect hotels handcrafted from reclaimed wood. Alice Griffin reports… WHEN I first bumped into Richard Paterson on the Grand Union Canal, he had set up his workbench on a spare piece of grass along the towpath and was busy sawing away with faithful dog Harvey by his side. Together they created an…
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Endangered eels given a helping hand as they make epic transatlantic journey

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November 11, 2022

Work has been completed to enable endangered eels to make their way up the River Trent as part of an epic 3,000 mile journey from Bermuda. Waterways and wellbeing charity, the Canal & River Trust, has teamed up with the Environment Agency, EDF and Uniper to build a special eel pass to help the eels…
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CCT publishes lavishly illustrated book to celebrate 50 years

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November 10, 2022

REVIVING THE COTSWOLD CANALS – A GOLDEN CELEBRATION Restoring a blue-green landscape, by the people for the people, by Louise Nicholson published by The Cotswold Canals Trust. **** SPECIAL DISCOUNT OFFER TO CCT VOLUNTEERS AND MEMBERS **** **** £15/COPY IF ORDERED OR BOUGHT BEFORE DEC. 20th 2022 (RRP £19) **** At least £8 from every…
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Half-a-million for Dead Dog Bridge…

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November 8, 2022

The Grade II Listed Interchange Basin Towpath Bridge on the Regent’s Canal in Camden, the busiest canal footbridge in the country with over one million walking and cycling visits per year, is set for a £533,000 ten-week repair project by the charity Canal & River Trust. Built in 1846, the historic bridge known locally as Dead…
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Upgrade work requires fish rescue first

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November 7, 2022

When: 10am, Thursday 10 November 2022 Where: Kennet & Avon Canal at Crofton, Wiltshire (parking available in the Crofton Beam Engines visitor car park, Crofton, Marlborough SN8 3DW) What: Fish are being rescued ahead of the rare draining of a section of the Kennet & Avon Canal near Great Bedwyn in Wiltshire, part of an important…
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Trust seeks another apprentice

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November 5, 2022

THE Wey & Arun Canal Trust is looking to take on a second apprentice to join it in the restoration of the historic canal, which runs from Shalford in Surrey to Pallingham in West Sussex. The charity was the first independent canal trust in the UK to take on an apprentice back in 2021 when…
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