13th October 2016
Boat Test: Betty
It’s taken 23 years for this particular dream to become reality and the result is a stunning and most unusual boat
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11th October 2016
Wildlife on the waterside: butterflies
The look so gentle and they represent the tranquility of a waterside scene to many, but Speckled Wood butterflies are always prepared to do battle, explains Pip Webster
6th October 2016
Maintenance: solar power
Fitting a solar set up is quite often a winter, or early spring, project after a summer of thinking ‘I wish we had solar panels…’, so here’s a guide to help if you’re thinking along…
5th October 2016
November issue on sale now!
Editor Nick Wall muses on the benefits, and possible drawbacks, of recently launched booking services in the new issue
5th October 2016
A history of leisure boating
You might think leisure boating is a modern idea but the first passenger boats were introduced in the late 18th century and various types of pleasure boating soon followed
29th September 2016
Me & My Boats: Neil Barnett
After retiring last year, Neil set out on an extended cruise to realise one of his dreams – reaching the city of York by boat. How would he get on with the tidel cruise?
23rd September 2016
Autumn comes to the canals of the UK
Do the canals ever look better than when they do bathed in the golds, yellows and oranges of autumn? We take a tour around just some of the canals that look beautiful this season -…
22nd September 2016
And now for something completely different…
What’s the connection between the current programme of refurbishment work at Teddington Lock, at the head of the tidal Thames, and the 1970s cult TV comedy Monty Python’s Flying Circus?
21st September 2016
Steve Haywood: why Lincoln’s moorings take the biscuit
CB columnist and award-winning current affairs TV producer, journalist and author Steve Haywood thinks the beautiful, bustling town of Lincoln is missing something very important
16th September 2016
Boat Test: Silver Melody
Only once has a boat taken the Crick Show title three times in a row, but when you look at what’s gone into Silver Melody, you start to see why it has been three times…
14th September 2016
Which Boat: narrowboat or cruiser?
Now we like all boats here at Canal Boat, but reader John Williams is perhaps posing a controversial question about getting more out of your boating
