tpt January 2023

Multifuel stoves safety tips

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January 25, 2023

Ben Sutcliffe-Davies investigates… WHEN in Bristol last week I found that many owners have certainly dug in and got the heating on. Many had multifuel stoves going and I’m sure many regular readers will remember my articles from the last few years about the dangers of multifuel stoves. In the last few weeks there have…
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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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Monthly look: freight on the waterways

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January 21, 2023

Jonathan Mosse’s monthly look at freight developments on the inland waterways. AT THE end of November, the British Ports Association (BPA) and the UK Chamber of Shipping jointly hosted their annual Scottish Parliamentary Maritime reception in Holyrood, with a sizeable grouping of MSPs, to discuss the sustainability and energy revolution in their sector. Delivering a…
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Roving traders resume charity donations

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January 18, 2023

SINCE the start of Covid-19 the Roving Canal Traders Association (RCTA) along with many other charities, non-profit-making groups, businesses and traders that make up the canal network have had a tough time. This year however, things returned to almost normal and the association’s floating markets started to take off once again, enabling RCTA to resume…
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A darker side to Scottish canal history…

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Cicely Oliver

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January 17, 2023

WRITTEN by journalist and historian TA Stewart, , Scottish Canal Crimes takes readers into the history of ‘murder and mayhem on Scotland’s towpaths 1800–1950’, from the canals’ inception to their mid-20th century demise. Today we know the canals of Scotland for their scenery and as places to relax and enjoy being outdoors. Scottish Canal Crimes…
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Top destinations for 2023

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January 16, 2023

FROM rural retreats to vibrant city centres, narrowboat holidaymakers can use their boat as a floating holiday home to explore Britain’s network of inland waterways. There’s a great choice of hundreds of waterside destinations and canalside pubs to stop off at along the way. Here are Drifters’ waterways holidays’ top canal boat holidays for 2023:…
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Marine services across the Midlands

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January 14, 2023

IF YOU are looking for quality workmanship and great customer service at a reasonable price then look no further than HiQ Marine Services, writes director and engineer Jamie Wilde. Having experienced some of the workmanship carried out for boat owners relying on the services of an ‘expert’, we decided to create HiQ Marine Services to…
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Canalway Cavalcade prepares for 40th anniversary

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January 11, 2023

THE Inland Waterways Association’s Canalway Cavalcade will celebrate its 40th anniversary at Little Venice during the Early May Bank Holiday weekend from April 29-May 1, 2023. This legendary event has been bringing communities together since 1983 and will once again be transforming the heart of the London canal network, with more than 100 colourfully dressed…
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The Roundhouse Birmingham

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January 10, 2023

Nicola Lisle discovers a new visitor centre in Birmingham in the latest in her museum series. ONE of Birmingham’s newest visitor attractions, having opened in July 2021, the Roundhouse in Birmingham is a lovely canalside gem in the heart of the city’s Ladywood district. The horseshoe-shaped building dates back to 1874 and was at the…
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Donation to steam narrowboat President honours renowned boatbuilder

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January 9, 2023

IWA Lichfield Branch has donated £2000 in memory of Malcolm Braine, founding member of Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal Society. The donation to the Black Country Living Museum will support the current restoration work and design and installation of a new boiler for President – one of the world’s few surviving boats of its kind and…
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Raising a family on the cut!

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January 7, 2023

Alice Griffin meets the Burr family: IT WAS on an early morning back in 2011 while working a narrowboat down the Oxford Summit towards Napton as part of a family holiday that Tim and Julie Burr decided they had to make the canals their home. Julie told me: “Tim’s parents regularly holidayed on the canals…
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Double win for Finsley Gate Wharf scheme

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January 6, 2023

NEW craft apprentices are being trained in rare heritage skills by the Canal & River Trust in a double win at Burnley’s Finsley Gate Wharf development. Located on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, the 220-year-old former boatyard and canal office have recently been renovated and transformed into a successful restaurant and cafe bar, function room,…
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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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The state of the waterways: a real-time picture

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Phil Pickin

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January 3, 2023

ALTHOUGH you may not have heard of it, Planet Patrol mobilised more than 1000 people to participate in its Autumn Water Watch to locations across the UK. Over three days in October, the environmental non-profit organisation co-ordinated the activities of concerned individuals who recorded a series of observations looking at the pollution levels in their…
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