April 2020 issue
On the April 2020 cover ... Springtime cruising on the Droitwich Barge Canal.
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An Upcycled Narrowboat
Boat Review
Lotus is a residential narrowboat that has been fitted out with a range of reclaimed and eco-friendly materials for a £90k budget
Tidal Thames Tour
Explore the tidal Thames
A convoy of narrowboats cruising the royal river through London
Painting the Past
Waterways Art
Roses and castles artist and teacher Tim Whitelock describes his 50-year fascination with the artform
WW Guide to Cruising Mid-Worcestershire Ring
The cruising ring you can do in a weekend – 21-miles along the Worcester & Birmingham, the recently restored Droitwich Canals and the River Severn
A View of Venice
Hire-boat Holiday
Why explore Italy’s ‘Floating City’ by gondola when you can see it from your own hire-boat? Jenny Brice recalls a blissful two-week cruise around the Venetian Lagoon
Fly-boat to Birmingham: Part 2
Looking Back
Rejoining the Victorian journalist John Hollingshead on fly-boat trip up the Grand Junction Canal from London to Birmingham. A fascinating insight to life on and around the cut in 1850s England
Keyed Up
Boating Advice
So you’ve got the ubiquitous cork ball, but what else should be on your canal keyring? WW rounds up the hardware that’ll help unlock the system
Locks of the Waterways
Waterways Architecture
A closer look at the variety of lock designs around the network
Hatherton Hopes
Restoration Walk
A walk on a vital but currently overlooked part of the Birmingham canal restorations
Bold as Brass
Canal Collectables
An insight into traditional canal-boat ornamentation
Last Word
Beans to Queens
Former Waterman to the Queen, Alan Woods MBE, looks back on a career carrying baked beans on the canals – and heads of state on his own fleet of luxury Thames boats
