TPT January 2025

WINTER on the cut

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January 22, 2025

Kevin Thomas reports… SOMETIMES you know when winter announces its arrival before you have even stepped off your boat. Perhaps it’s an early morning dusting of frost or a gossamer curtain of fog over the water and, although barely discernible, the silhouettes of moored boats. Out on the water, a lone black-headed gull floats patiently,…
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UNDER DEVELOPMENT: More efficient solar panels

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January 21, 2025

Phil Pickin reports… THERE are a number of obstacles to overcome if boat owners want to be more independent when it comes to generating their own electricity. The UK’s lack of sunshine is certainly a major problem, as is a lack of space on the roof of their boats, so to optimise the space available,…
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ENERGISING Britain’s waterways

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January 20, 2025

Phil Pickin attended an interesting and occasionally entertaining British Marine Midlands annual meeting. WORCESTERSHIRE County Cricket Club once again played host to the British Marine Inland Conference in mid-November. The annual event was sponsored by Haven Knox-Johnston, Barrus, Hoseasons, ProMarine Finance, Aqueduct Marina, Waterways Holidays and Inland and Coastal Marina Systems with the aim of…
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30 YEARS IN BUSINESS for leading brokerage

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January 18, 2025

ABNB Boat Brokerage, one of the UK’s leading inland waterways brokers, is celebrating 30 years in business this year. Since its founding in 1995, ABNB has offered brokerage services to buyers and sellers alike from its base at North Kilworth Marina in Leicestershire. Emma Green, managing director and co-owner, said: “Reaching 30 years is a…
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AWARD for Aquavista

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January 17, 2025

THE UK’s largest marina operator Aquavista won the Lloyds Small to Medium Sized Business of the Year Award at the Lloyds British Business Excellence Awards. The LBBE Awards is the UK’s largest and most prestigious business awards programme that celebrates the cream of the crop in British business. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for…
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30 YEAR CELEBRATION for Maritime Voluteer Service

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January 16, 2025

THE Maritime Volunteer Service marked three decades of help to communities and vital training with a celebration in London. More than 100 MVS guests and members gathered at All Hallows by the Tower, the oldest church in the City of London, for a special thanksgiving service. The service, which brought together more than 100 distinguished guests from…
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ARTS BARGE ‘built with kindness’ takes shape

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January 14, 2025

Plans to transform a former grain barge into an arts venue are well under way. Sally Clifford popped by to check progress on the historic Selby Tony. Body text: THE deluge from the previous days’ downpours has to be dealt with before tools can be turned to the jobs in hand. Removing water from the…
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MUSEUM FOCUS: Essex quayside historic steam tug

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January 13, 2025

Nicola Lisle visits the 80-year-old steam tug Brent, currently moored on the River Blackwater in Maldon, Essex, and finds out about ambitious restoration plans… MALDON’S quay, The Hythe, was once a busy industrial port, home to thriving boatyards and a fleet of barges transporting goods to Chelmsford and London. Today the remaining barges are an…
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GERRY HEWARD: Moving forward

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January 11, 2025

Jonathan Mosse reports… ONCE raised, the two pans – mentioned at the conclusion of last month’s Part 1 introduction to Gerry’s colourful and varied waterways career – were soon mustered behind his girlfriend’s narrowboat that was conveniently passing downstream. The tow, soon opposite Brentford and the Grand Union, was taken up by a surprisingly co-operative…
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£1.1M UPGRADE for Towpath

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January 10, 2025

Work is under way on a project to improve a four-mile stretch of towpath on the northern reaches of the Lancaster Canal and make it more accessible for residents and visitors. Lucy Wood reports… THE Canal & River Trust worked with the Lancaster Canal Regeneration Partnership and Westmorland and Furness Council to secure funding for…
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CANAL BOAT ARTIST transforms Tuk-Tuk

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January 9, 2025

RENOWNED canal boat artist Alan Baillie rose to a new challenge when he was asked to paint a tuk-tuk. A chance meeting on the Coventry Canal between tuk-tuk owner Gary Cross and Mr Baillie led to him taking on the unusual job of painting the Indian Bajaj auto rickshaw. After a conversation, Gary gave the…
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DEAL PENNED: Poet and canal trust

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January 7, 2025

CANAL Laureate Roy McFarlane has become an ambassador for Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust (LHCRT). Birmingham-born Roy, known for his evocative poetry and dedication to exploring the cultural and historical significance of Britain’s waterways, will help the trust raise funds and awareness of its projects. The trust hopes his profile will help bring in…
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COMPLETED EARLY: Canal restoration work

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January 4, 2025

DEDICATED and hardworking volunteers from the Shropshire Union Canal Society have finished more vital work on the Montgomery Canal – months ahead of schedule. Using funding from the Rural Prosperity Fund grant, they completed a towpath, canal channel and hedge-laying. Working near the Crickheath and Schoolhouse Bridges, the volunteers completed the towpath and bank, channel…
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PARLIAMENT LOBBIED in campaign against surcharge

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January 3, 2025

BOATERS worried about a rise in costs have taken their case to Westminster. The National Bargee Travellers’ Association (NBTA), which represents 2000 boaters, is angry that boaters without a home mooring pay higher licence fees and claims that the Canal and River Trust discriminates against continuous cruisers. The NBTA held a drop-in session at the…
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TPT January 2025

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