August 2022 issue
On the cover of the August issue... A bustling scene on the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal at Crick during the 2022 show in June.
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Favourite Narrowboat in Show
Boats at Crick
Oakums’ 60ft semi-cruiser EvenStar collected the favourite narrowboat award at this year’s Crick Boat Show. Mark Langley gives his own verdict
Crick Boat Show
Crick Boat Show
Return to form for first post-pandemic Crick Boat Show
Boats at Crick
Boats at Crick
Rupert Smedley reviews the craft that caught his eye at this year’s boat show
Willow Wren at Brownhills
Looking Back
Chris M. Jones reveals the background details of a picture postcard of the BCN at Brownhills
Cruising Guide: Lancaster Canal
WW guide to the Lancaster Canal
Running from industrial Lancashire to the edge of the Lake District, this quiet, lock-free waterway offers a range of delights – including views of Morecambe Bay. James Francis Fox sets off from Preston...
Crick Products
Crick Products
Rupert Smedley looks at the latest products and ideas from the show
What a Lark
Looking Back
Tony Slate recalls a 15-day boating holiday in the autumn of 1970 aboard narrowboat Lark
Celebrating the Union
Explore the Union Canal
Scotland’s Union Canal recently marked the 200th anniversary of its opening. Having swotted up on its history, Andy Tidy takes a closer look on a hire-boat holiday
The Boat Pod
Around the Waterways
Sophie Callis recently opened a narrowboat recording studio in London’s Little Venice. In conversation with Andrew Denny, she tells of a ten-year struggle to make it happen and how lockdown played a part
Searching for Silver on the BCN
Explore the BCN
David Irving takes his boat on a meandering cruise around the BCN in a bid to visit as many of IWA’s obscure Silver Propeller locations as possible
Liveaboards back to land
Boat-Ownership
Every year, countless liveaboard boaters give up their home afloat and return to life on the land. Tony Jones believes their stories offer food for thought for those contemplating residing afloat.
Foxes Cross the Mersey
Explore the River Mersey
Colin Dobson-Fox describes his recent crossing of the River Mersey from Liverpool to access the Manchester Ship Canal and reach Ellesmere Port
Wombling the waterways
Last Word
Vickie Wigley describes her contribution to keeping canals clean
