September 2020 issue
On the September 2020 cover ... Tackling Lapworth Locks on the Stratford Canal.
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Cole-crafted
Boat Review
Colecraft's latest is a 62ft narrowboat built for a cruising couple, with an unusual layout to allow visitors to sleep in private quarters
The BAME Game
Why are our canals and rivers still largely the preserve of a white, affluent demographic? What is stopping our waterways from being a more welcoming place for all?
High and Dry at Denver
Chris Howes relates how he spent 11 hours stranded on a sandbank during his first cruise of the year on the River Great Ouse
WW Guide to Cruising the Warwickshire Ring
For sheer variety, this circular week-long cruise through the heart of England has plenty to offer - urban Birmingham, busy Braunston, peaceful Midlands countryside and the 21-lock Hatton Flight
Dark Days on the Cut
Looking Back
Back in the Victorian era, death, disease and crime were an everyday aspect of life on the cut
Six Months to Skipton
Cruising the Leeds & Liverpool Canal
When Andrew Denny set out on the L&L from Leeds in January, he wasn't expecting to take half a year to reach his destination 30 miles away. Little did he know that a medical emergency would be the least of his boating issues along the way ...
Canal Campers
Reader’s Boat
First time boaters Pete Ewards and his wife Peggy took a relaxed approach to moving on board 57ft sailaway Peggy Ann, bringing the tools in tow and sleeping in a tent for eight months
Hair-raising Cruise on the Tidal Ouse
Explore River Ouse
On a spring tide, Ian Wright and his wife Helen took thier narrowboat from Goole to Barmby – and got a lttle more than they bargained for
The Waterways Board
Paddleboarding
As the popularity of paddleboarding continues to grow, Paul Miles explains how an inflatable board perfectly complements life as a residential narrowboater
Castles on the Cut
Explore
Medieval strongholds are as much part of the landscape for today's boater as the working boatmen who painted them on their cabinsides. We take a look at some of the famed fortifications and ruined ramparts around the network
Last Word
Long-life Lock Gates
Vice presidents of the Kennet & Avon Canal Trust, Bill Fisher and Terry Kemp describe the benefits of the steel lock gates recently installed near Hunderford
