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- cooking on the cut – summer 24
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- cooking on the cut – spring 24
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- december 2023
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- cooking on the cut – winter 23
- mysteries of the world
- permission to come aboard part one
- storms sink boats
- nbta protest birmingham
- funeral for a friend
- detour onto the llangollen canal
- journeying through the standedge tunnel
- all is safely gathered in
- lifeboat for the broads
- living a new life
- meet the reverend chris upton
- a ghost story for Christmas
- waterloo and the water
- exploring the pocklington canal
- cooking on the cut – autumn 23
- return to the scene of the design
- canals on the decline
- should we stay or should we go?
- future cities of the world
- washing day
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- grounding advice from rcr
- living on a boat
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- revisiting old favourites – twice
- bournville 5
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- bumble hole visitor centre
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- cooking on the cut – summer 23
- bouffant boating blues
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- the voyage of friendship 13 – I make it back home
- wedding bells
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- this space still needs love
- the name’s bond, james bond
- the tragedy of the ‘lady luck’
- decluttering our minds
- easter checklist
- can less be more?
- therefore do not worry about tomorrow
- starry starry nights
- the voyage of friendship 6 – brotherly love
- land to water
- cooking on the cut – spring 2023
- winter survival kit
- why didn’t they build the aqueduct?
- why can’t they leave things alone?
- a red letter day
- a thorny rose
- droning on
- cooking on the cut – winter 22
- boat horses
- the present of time
- iwa waterways for today 3
- where have all the birdies gone?
- snippets from another life
- water water everywhere and not a drop to drink
- autumnal vibes on the Huddersfield Narrow canal
- iwa waterways for today 2
- iwa waterways for today
- rcr and rising callout figures
- death on the water
- grief – the price we pay for love
- the story of pegasus
- the voyage of friendship – introduction
- for boaters who enjoy football…
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- cooking on the cut – autumn 22
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- where do boaters go for their holidays?
- 101 ways to die on the cut
- three rivers race
- some guy named pete
- naomhòg, the prayer boat
- cooking on the cut – summer 22
- a trip down the staffs and worcs
- to err is human
- the hire boats are back
- paradise
- music and the marinated mind
- the world’s greatest inventions
- rcr to launch river coastal rescue in perth
- sharpness to bristol
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- hidden marks and messages in our canal network
- secrets of running a successful boating business
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- alice in waterways land
- mna waterwatch responder guidelines
- cooking on the cut – spring 2022
- trust me, we have the answer
- the voice of reason
- webbs of the wharf
- finding the right balance
- ever since I was a young boy
- celebrations on the wharf
- narrowboat nomads
- the joy of instagram
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- twelve months on
- waterfowl
- a strange day on the wey
- coping with extreme weather
- it’s a blast!
- new waterwatch initiative
- help transform canals into your concrete doorstep
- roving traders are mad
- reflections of a narrowboat newbie
- buying a narrowboat
- making life better by south shields
- another job well done
- exploring the lancaster canal
- life’s a gas
- ac wiring of a boat
- dawntreader
- welcome to preston brook wharf
- boaters and road traffic
- brigadoon
- what did you do in the lockdown daddy?
- boating on the rivers and broads of norfolk
- lady helen – back on the norfolk broads
- remarkable bridges – spanning the years
- the great unlock
- a waterways story
- the dark side of the fly
- proper boating
- telling tall tales
- before you make that journey
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- mission to seafarers
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- five interesting boating trends
- lockdown RCR flood and maintenance tips
- a short history of crick wharf
- adrift
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- cyclists’ lives matter
- the bruce trust
- how to wire a narrowboat – part 4
- heather wastie
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- making life better by water
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- safety certificate… wot’s one of them then?
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- floating home
- the rose of hungerford – part 2
- ceramic coating for your boat
- king of the vandals
- space invaders
- hydrogen – future fuel?
- possession is 9/10th of the flaw
- tough times never last
- how to wire a narrowboat – part 3
- featured author – winter 2020
- whimbrel
- river avon stranded boats update
- technology breakthrough
- waterwatch rnli local ambassadors
- so you want to live on a narrowboat?
- walking the chesterfield canal
- featured author – autumn 2020
- welcome to the truss’ new chief executive
- epic endurance challenge
- appley bridge
- there are less grainy photos, but…
- the diary of Iris Lloyd – hungerford church
- we are back
- diary of a victorian horseboat
- how to wire a narrowboat – part 2
- post lockdown maintenance tips
- holiday on a narrowboat in 1950s
- the diary of Iris Lloyd
- one week in the life of…
- boating basics – part two
- boating basics – part one
- 1966… and all that
- parish churches near the canals
- splendid isolation
- featured author – summer 2020 – irfan shah
- waterways chaplaincy (not) in lockdown
- horse shows
- how to wire a narrowboat – part 1
- potholes – a thing of the past?
- aqueduct marina returning to work
- covid 19 advice for boaters
- river canal rescue launches midi bilgeaway filter
- walking the cheshire ring 2
- rescue of river soar narrowboat
- MNA becomes volunteer ambassador for RNLI
- aftermath of the storms
- the view from the boat broker’s desk
- heavy cable crimping
- de-winterising tips
- so good, it went in the book
- tunnel tips
- the miners of crick
- featured author – Kitty Irvine (spring 2020)
- an embarrassing problem
- wigan pier
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- new year resolutions
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- when the going gets rough
- how much solar?
- winter boating
- featured author – winter 2019
- from somerset to the canal du midi
- crump – a cautionary tale
- featured author – autumn 2019
- barbecue sauces
- Skip’s Waterway
- blowing my own trumpet
- waterways chaplains – 80 and growing
- walking the cheshire ring
- charging batteries
- heritage tracker
- spook of strensham lock
- spike island area
- all white?
- please read the installation manual
- healthy onion bhajis
- falling in love again
- self sufficiency
- walking the montgomery canal
- widcombe lock
- jogle blogle
- what lies beneath?
- wiring batteries
- summer camps
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- fiddlers ferry area
- beautiful – but what lies behind?
- bratch locks
- bubble screens, who would have thought?
- care-less cruising
- summer of love
- beef in beer sauce
- nosh for nowt
- boathorse
- river nene reminiscing
- canals for the better good
- sharing experiences
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- keeping safe
- no place like home
- lancashire tourism awards
- memoirs of walking the leeds & liverpool canal (3)
- chicken and pineapple (cold weather)
- whales in the cut
- notes from a waterways chaplain
- cabin fever
- inter tidal zone
- it’s amazing what gets dredged up
- memoirs of walking the leeds & liverpool canal (2)
- chilli chicken (it’s all happening on hercule)
- the pirate boat
- bloke down the pub said…
- waterways chaplains are coming alongside you!
- weighed yourself recently?
- revisiting the tidal trent
- not on my life…
- rich pickings
- gone cruising
- memoirs of walking the leeds & liverpool canal (1)
- brinjal potato curry (hercule)
- spring has sprung
- food, glorious food
- wet from the inside out
- sovereign lady
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- it was cheap
- reducing carbon emissions with via aqua
- bridge on the staffs and worcs
- beef stew (pressure cooking)
- the river severn to gloucester quays
- living healthily
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- cookery chat with david and sandra biddle 2
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- birmingham and midland marine services
- fuel cap creation
- the blue planet expedition
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- nothing but padlocks
- history of waterside cottage
- tiller girl
- is that a widebeam I see before me?
- recession, what recession?
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- are you sitting and sleeping comfortably?
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- narrowboat snuggly buggly for sale
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- hannah pierce
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- what’s that smell?
- eco-friendly home on river soar for sale
- paul robert watson
- bob chase – barge fiodra
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- the benefits of an engineering apprenticeship
- boat licence fees for 2024-25
- gill shaw
- permission to come aboard part two
- stone lock cottage
- domestic water tank maintenance
- royal exchange kinver
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- melting
- water conversation
- rare plant research on Montgomery Canal
- ldk print lisa grainger
- bedding wars
- living on an electric narrowboat
- the three rivers race 2023
- fire safety tips from rcr
- john evans
- the voyage of friendship 14 – now
- the voyage of friendship 12 – girly nights and the home straight
- the voyage of friendship 11 – basingstoke canal
- the voyage of friendship 10 – the river wey and an unexpected adventure
- the voyage of friendship 9 – the hanwell six and the tidal thames
- the voyage of friendship 8 – to limehouse and back
- the voyage of friendship 7 – I make it to london
- birmingham mooring trials
- managing lock cills
- project boat for sale
- my new life on a narrowboat
- the tenth lock, brierley hill
- stuart atkinson
- the voyage of friendship 5a – milton keynes
- the voyage of friendship 5 – tunnels and locks
- daisy’s bakin butty
- rcr callout figures 2022
- erewash canal 55th rally
- update on sticky fuel situation
- abigail joy tobler
- RCTA donate to waterway charities
- the voyage of friendship 4 – the oxford canal
- iwa waterways for today 4
- wendy witch
- the voyage of friendship 3 – a new year
- the voyage of friendship 2 – home for christmas
- the voyage of friendship 1 – early days
- albion adventure
- AGMs are boring aren’t they?
- steve haywood
- control
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- the pig place, adderbury
- waternav
- angel community canal boat trust
- the hippie boat
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- aqueduct marina builds green credentials with bilgeaway
- keith harris
- narrowboat logbook and journey planner
- rustins acquires peek polish
- river canal rescue callout figures for 2021
- guildford steamboat meet makes welcome return
- new narrowboat design for black prince
- ev charging facilities at aqueduct marina
- john skull
- barge-inn booze
- the wooden canal boat society
- rcr warns of perils of cheap boat insurance
- boating community supports vets afloat
- chilligibbon’s stringed things
- madness of moorings
- the malt shovel in shardlow
- the folly inn, napton
- body worn cameras on towpaths
- stephanie horton
- eyes that save lives
- water pollution award for rcr
- Ian Douglas
- the narrowboat weaver
- critters on the cut – toadily awesome
- let a thousand excuses bloom
- war drone – from rocks to rockets
- HM treasury confirm recreational boaters’ continued entitlement to red diesel
- river canal rescue have record number of call-outs
- waterways chaplaincy
- fi’s fabulous floating emporium
- boaters asked to trial WaterNav
- CRT forced to return unlawfully seized boat
- east midland waterways to get £4m winter makeover
- a curious case of sticky fuel
- sam keay – gangplank spirits and preserves
- pick me up and then you kar go
- boat safety scheme and marine accident safety flyer
- how to wire a narrowboat – part 5
- crt broadens online booking facility for tunnels and locks
- rose of hungerford
- fern floating fine art
- steph’s packed lunch on channel 4
- canal & river trust launches project
- narrow boat engine by stephanie horton
- the diary of Iris Lloyd
- another week in the life of…
- a week in the life of…
- east end canal tales
- MNA to launch WaterWatch with RNLI
- listed canal bridge damaged by motorist
- tower works development on leeds & liverpool canal
- the wrong way round #by boat
- Sue Meades & Colin Shearer – Cheese Aboard inc Mugs Afloat
- caledonia glass – illia price
- otters
- the vine inn, rugeley
- piesse of piddle
- mad hatter
- the all new canal turn, carnforth
- brian greaves – the blacksmith’s craft
- yorkshire waterway museum
- Category: News
- Norfolk lifeboat museum to close
- impact of storms on canal network
- crt and boat licence fees
- possible demolition of historic lock-keeper’s cottage
- rcr warn of sub standard insurance cover
- rare plant research in Montgomery Canal
- rcr callout figures for 2022
- erewash canal preservation rally
- sticky fuel
- RCTA donate to charities
- waternav update
- angel II of Islington
- waterways chaplaincy
- aqueduct marina builds green credentials with bilgeaway
- rustins limited acquires peek polish
- river canal rescue 2021 call-out figures
- guildford steamboat rally returns
- new narrowboat design for black prince
- aqueduct marina install ev charging points
- perils of cheap boat insurance
- boating community supports veterans afloat
- barge association conduct survey on mooring prices
- brigadoon! launches in london
- body cameras on towpaths
- water pollution award for rcr and bilgeaway
- blue space research by aquavista
- crt trial to encourage wildlife by changing mowing regime on towpaths
- crt update on composting toilet waste disposal
- rcr have record rate of callouts
- Thordon Bearings help keep historic cruiser tug operational
- rcr asks boaters to trial WaterNav
- magnet fisher finds live grenade in Kennet & Avon Canal
- CRT returns unlawfully seized boat after threat of legal action
- east midland waterways to get £4m makeover
- curious case of sticky fuel causing engine breakdowns
- CRT’s top ten hits to be water safe this winter
- boat safety scheme urge boaters to follow safety advice
- boat licence terms and conditions deadline
- norfolk & suffolk boating association promote ‘waterwatch’
- canal river trust publishes boater report 2020
- crt broadens online booking facility for tunnels
- stainton aqueduct restoration marked with virtual tour launch
- crt boat licence fees announced for 2021 – 2022
- CRT seeks boaters’ views on licence t&cs
- crt new writing competition attracts hundreds of entries
- rescue of river avon stranded boats
- boats stranded on canal bed at twerton, bath
- CRT staff welcome steph mcgovern to leeds for new tv show
- canal & river trust launches citizen science project
- RNLI campaign for beach safety
- covid 19 advice for boaters
- mna boat club to launch ‘waterwatch’ with rnli
- listed canal bridge damaged by motorist
- IWA call for more government help for waterways businesses
- tower works development on leeds & liverpool canal
- rcr launches new midi bilgeaway filter
- crt ask leisure boaters to stop all non-essential travel
- call for urgent support for waterways businesses
- rcr rescues narrowboat on river soar
- mna becomes volunteer ambassador for rnli
- entries open for crt’s ‘oscars of the waterways’
- otters spotted in the heart of birmingham
- Canal & River Trust to tackle ‘improper’ mooring and make waterways safer
- RCR boat & engine maintenance and electrics courses 2020
- rhs garden bridgewater
- RCR calls for boaters to stop polluting the waterways
- canal & river trust announces changes to short term boat licences
- official statement on bread by the queen’s swan marker
- bss press release – carbon monoxide alarms
- water fern (azolla filculoides) on the southern stretches of lancaster canal
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- impact of storms on canal network
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- rcr warn of sub standard insurance cover
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