September 2021 issue
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On the cover of the September 2021 issue… Cruising the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire.
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Testing Patience
New Boat Review
Patience is a bespoke, go-anywhere narrowboat commissioned by a couple wanting to regularly accommodate guests aboard. Mark Langley finds out more…
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Carry on Camping
Camping Boats
Sarah Henshaw meets the couple dedicated to keeping camping boat holidays alive on our canals
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Brought up on a Boat
Looking Back
Nigel Lincoln recalls his bohemian upbringing on a former working narrowboat in the 1950s
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Guide to the Central Grand Union Canal
WW Guide
So much more than an A-to-B waterway, the central Grand Union offers its own brand of characterful cruising. James Francis Fox boats from Napton Junction to Milton Keynes
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Crick products
Products
The latest products and ideas on show at Crick
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Oxford to Llangollen
Long-Distance Cruising
This summer Howard Davies completed the first leg of a 650-mile round trip from Oxford, by reaching Llangollen. He recalls highlights of his roaming route
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Arteries of Commerce
Looking Back
In the early 1930s, the newly established Grand Union Canal Company published a detailed commercial guide to promote its modernised waterway. Roger Butler takes a look…
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End-of-Garden Boat Build
Sailaway Project
Yardarm is a 45ft sailaway fitted out by owner Steve Hastings at the end of his garden on the Macclesfield Canal. Bobby Cowling pays a visit…
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Directory Enquiries
Interview
John Pomfret, the man behind the definitive mileage of our inland waterways, tells WW how a lifetime of intrepid cruising part-inspired his research
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From Backpacks to Boats
Liveaboard Life
Adam Lind and his fiancée Lauren Coley discovered freedom and community spirit on the UK’s canals after six years of international travel
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A River Reawakens
Oxford Thames
Author Andy Griffee revisits the Thames setting of his latest novel to see how the boating fraternity there is recovering from a difficult pandemic year
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A Step Backwards
Last Word
Serial fundraiser Stuart Kettell explains why his headline-grabbing, 100-mile Grand Union walk – backwards! – in July might be his most successful challenge to date
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