December 2024 issue
On the cover of the December issue… Cruising the Llangollen Canal in autumn.
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Sympathetic Restyling
Boat Review
Moth represents the refit and refinish of a traditional-style narrowboat, originally built by S.M. Hudson in 2005. Mark Langley takes a look…
In Tom Rolt's Wake
Explore The Canals of the South Midlands
Paul Miles recreates the extended cruise documented in author Tom Rolt’s seminal 1944 book, Narrow Boat
Cadbury's and Canals
Looking Back
The world-famous chocolate-maker celebrates its 200th anniversary this year. We explore its long association with the inland waterways
WW Guide to the Middle Level Navigations
Cruising Guide
Considering a thoroughly diff erent boating challenge? Then look no further than the Middle Level Navigations. James Francis Fox extols the virtues of these magical Fenland waterways...
Hawkesbury Junction
Waterways Hotspots
David Cheetham explores this famous canal intersection
A Winter Holiday on The Broads
Hire-boating Holiday
No locks, no swing-bridges and very few other boats – could Christmas on the Norfolk Broads be as magical as it sounds? Mark Langley relives his 2023 hire trip
A Young Liveaboard
Reader's Story
Recent graduate Joe Allan swapped textbooks for cruising guides when he bought his first floating home. He tells Amelia Saxena about his first year afloat
Ex-hire Boats
Secondhand Boats
James Francis Fox explores the retired hire-boats currently on the second-hand market
A Steep Learning Curve
Cruising the Huddersfield Narrow Canal
Although comparatively new to boating, Tracy and Neil Flanagan recently tackled the arduous Huddersfield Narrow Canal…
Keepers of Tradition
Working the Waterways
Howard Davies continues his profile of lock- and weir-keepers on the River Thames
24 Hours in Tipton
Explore
Andy Tidy ties up in the heart of the Birmingham Canal Navigations to explore this historic town
Campaigning Setbacks
Looking Back
While the 20th-century movement to revive the inland waterways proved successful, it wasn’t all plain sailing. James Francis Fox looks at a couple of cases where things didn’t go to plan
A Ghost Boat Resurfaces
Last Word
How Montgomery Canal restorers uncovered a forgotten waterways tragedy
