7th September 2017
Restoration: Unlocking the Swansea
The author spends a week as a volunteer on the Swansea Canal, and finds out first-hand what the prospects are for opening up navigation in this part of South Wales
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11th July 2017
Cruise Guide: Lee and Stort navigations
Two short but interesting river navigations connect the Thames and Regents Canal via London’s Olympic venues to the attractive countryside of North Essex and Hertfordshire
9th May 2017
Cruise Guide: Aire & Calder Navigation
The coal traffic which sustained Yorkshire’s busiest freight waterway for three centuries may have vanished, but the Aire & Calder is still impressive to cruise - and may yet have a cargo-carrying future
21st March 2017
Why restore the Stover Canal?
It might be short, but the Stover Canal is a surviving remnant of a unique transport system which once linked Dartmoor to the coast
20th February 2017
Great canal walk: Reading ramble
Follow the River Kennet through rural Berkshire and the centre of Reading, to reach the Thames
13th February 2017
Boating Abroad: from the Erie to Canada on the Great Loop PART TWO
In the second leg of their travels, Jane and Ian Ainsworth cross the border, where they find crystal clear waters, engineering marvels and beautiful countryside - as well as what a ‘loonie’ is
9th February 2017
Boating abroad: on the Erie Canal in New York state PART ONE
It wasn’t just in England that canal mania took hold – a link between New York and the Great Lakes goes back to the early 19th century. In part one, Jane and Ian Ainsworth start…
30th January 2017
12 of the best pubs along the Trent & Mersey Canal
The 93-mile stretch of the Trent & Mersey passes through Cheshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire. It simply takes in too many sights and features – the Cheshire Plain, Anderton Boat Lift, Harecastle Tunnel, Flyover Junction, Heartbreak…
13th December 2016
Steve Haywood: boating in autumn and winter
CB columnist Steve Haywood has a confession to make about boating in the autumn and winter months – all he asks is that you keep it quiet
12th December 2016
Cooking on the canals: courgette and tomato stew recipe
Vicky Blick has a nutritional and cheap meal that uses the veggies that can grow on your boat
7th December 2016
Wildlife on the waterside: corvids
After the harvest comes in, nature’s knacker men take over the fields and eat almost anything, as Pip Webster explains
