June 2024 issue
On the cover of the June issue… Braidbar Boats’ new 64ft hybrid narrowboat Est Tempus cruising the Macclesfield Canal.
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Braidbar's Crick Boat
Boat Review
In the run-up to Crick, Mark Langley looks at the 64ft hybrid narrowboat that Braidbar will be exhibiting at the show
Internet Afloat
Boating Advice
Tony Jones offers advice on getting reliable internet when cruising
The Curry Cruiser
Waterways Boat Business
Sabahat Hasson tells Amelia Hamson how an idea to sell authentic Indian food on the Kennet & Avon couldn’t be stopped, even when her boat sank…
The Droitwich Ring
Cruising Guide
Packing country, city, town, river and canals into just 21 miles, you can complete this varied cruising circuit in a weekend. Steve Elliott is our guide
In the Summertime
Looking Back
Max and Edna Holgate continue their fortnight’s holiday of 1970 by taking in the industrial Black Country before returning to the waterways of the North West. Roger Butler follows their progress
A Convertible Narrowboat
Reader's Boat
With its opening forward saloon, free-standing bath and alternative therapy influences, 52-footer Mistress Ann is a narrowboat like no other. WW meets its builder
The Lock Fairy
Cross-Country Cruise
Jonathan Mosse recently joined the crew of historic narrowboat Spey, on a race-against-time cruise from Manchester to London. His role? Dedicated lock-wheeler…
Endangered Art
Waterway Crafts
Kerri Williams tells Amelia Saxena why diversification is key to keeping the at-risk heritage crafts of canal art and boatpainting alive for future generations
Unusual Pets Afloat
Around the Waterways
Josie Adnitt looks at some of the more exotic creatures residing aboard boats
A Schoolboy on the Shroppie
Last Word
Canal crime novelist Andy Griffee recalls a hire holiday of half a century ago that continues to inspire his work
