Canal Boating holidays and expert advice

Cotswold Canals: putting the port back in Brimscombe

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Brimscombe Port before infilling (photo: SDC)

Work could start in 2020 on creating the terminus of the first phase of reopening the Cotswold Canals

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February 2019

Will extra £5m help save Scots canal?

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The Caledonian Canal (photo: Martin Ludgate)

February 2019

A future for freight on the canals?

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Rare sight: a loaded tanker barge on the New Junction Canal (photo: CRT)

January 2019

3,000 gather to watch musical Firework Spectacular at Anderton Boat Lift

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Cruise guide: River Great Ouse

Friday, January 4, 2019 Martin Ludgate

On the Great Ouse at Brampton watermill - now a restaurant (photo: Martin Ludgate)

The Great Ouse systsem combines an attractive upper river navigation; a typical straight, wide Fenland waterway; and a whole series of tributaries, all with their own character

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January 2019

Amphicar stars at Wey & Arun Canal’s Thriscutt Slipway opening

Tuesday, October 30, 2018 Martin Ludgate

Amphicar opens Wey & Arun Slipway (photo: WACT)

A 1960s amphibious car and numerous canoes and kayaks and other small craft took to the water to mark the opening of the slipway

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Cruising 600 miles from Surrey to Chester - part 1

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Stephen Dowsett could have driven and been there in under five hours. Instead he decided to cruise his 45ft trad stern ‘Quidlibet’ to visit his daughter, starting from the Rivery Wey in Surrey, a return journey of over 600 miles and 300 locks

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October 2018

Restoration: time for Bedford?

Friday, August 24, 2018

Brogborough Lake, a formery clay pit, would form part of the route (photo: Martin Ludgate)

Not actually a restoration, but a brand new waterway - albeit one first planned in 1812. But despite recent setbacks, there are signs that the time has come for the Bedford - Milton Keynes link to take real steps towards becoming a reality

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September 2018

Canal Boats

Making an informed decision about a boat fridge

40 minutes ago

If you want to make an informed decision concerning boat refrigeration we must think about some basic science. If you already know the difference between temperature and heat - please skip the next section

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February 2019

Q&A: water through the stern gland

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Help! I have an old narrowboat which lets in water through the stern gland

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February 2019

Boat test: from Australia to the UK canals

Friday, January 18, 2019 Words by Adam Porter. Pictures by Andy R Annable

When Australian couple Karen and Jonathan Warren took a hire boat holiday on the Mon and Brec, little did they know that the UK would become their new home

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February 2019

Boat test: the gentle giant

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Propelled an electric motor powered by a huge array of solar panels, this style-packed 70-footer shows how technology is marching on

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January 2019

Me and my boats: seeking a sea change

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

It may well be the call of the wild or simply the search for new sights but when you’ve got to go... and what better way than life as a liveaboard as Fiona Wright and daughter Emma discovered on board nb Pendle

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