November 2024 issue
On the cover of the November issue… The Rochdale Canal at Hebden Bridge.
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New Boat on a Used Shell
Boat Review
Narrowboat Bliss represents a new, money-saving option in the boat-building sector – a complete fit-out of a used shell. Mark Langley finds out more…
Where the Waterways Were Saved
Looking Back
James Francis Fox explores the locations at the centre of the campaign to revive Britain’s waterways in the 1960s and ’70s
Floral Freedom
Liveaboard Life
Boater and florist Roka tells Amelia Saxena how she combined a successful flower business with life on the river
WW Guide to the South Pennine Ring
Cruising Guide
Rugged scenery, grand engineering and locks galore characterise this spectacular route across northern England. Steve Elliot gets ready to wield his windlass…
The Long Good Buy
Reader's Boat
After two decades of inland cruising, Murray Hepburn recently acquired his first narrowboat. He describes the considerations, decisions and processes of becoming a boat owner
Carrying in the 1980s and '90s
Looking Back
John Tarry shares his comparatively recent images of boats at work on the Leicester Line
Riding the Waves with a Severn Pilot
Around the Waterways
Fiona Burt explores the day-to-day role of Carl Merry, one of four professional Severn boat pilots
We'll always have Paris
Liveaboard Life
Is life afloat in the world’s most romantic city as charmed as it’s cracked up to be? Sarah Henshaw meets estate agent and Paris houseboat dweller Florence Gillier to see how the fantasy holds up against the financial outlay, faux-bobos – and floods
Between Staffs and Notts
Looking Back
Chris M. Jones explores images showing the cargoes once carried between Staffordshire and Nottinghamshire
Boating the world's busiest canal
Cruising in Germany
Paul Miles joins the crew of a 45ft-long sailing boat on Germany’s Kiel Canal as it completes its journey from Bristol to the Baltic
A Green Getaway
Boat Business
The Floating Terrarium is a new plant-filled, static hire-boat offering holidays afloat in east London. Amelia Saxena talks to owner Mia Powell
Keepers of Tradition
Working the Waterways
Howard Davies celebrates the important work of resident lock- and weir-keepers on the River Thames
Why I Hated Boating Before I Loved it
Last Word
Ralf Bostock has ADHD and believes that his condition coloured his first impressions of inland cruising
