May 2025 issue
On the cover of the May issue... Summer cruising on the delightful Mon & Brec Canal.
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A Dutch barge-style Narrowboat
Boat Review
Bespoke built for experienced sea sailors to live aboard, 61ft narrowboat Breaking Bad is a very unusual craft – both inside and out. Mark Langley pays a visit…
Aftermath of a Breach
Around the Waterways
What next for the Bridgewater Canal? And what lessons can be taken from the New Year’s Day breach? Alan Williams, Lymm Heritage Centre chair, finds out
In Tom Rolt's Wake - part 6
Explore the Midlands Waterways
On the final leg of his recreation of Tom Rolt’s famous 400-mile cruise, Paul Miles takes in the Coventry and Oxford canals
WW Guide to the Fossdyke and Witham
Cruising Guide
The church towers of Lincoln and Boston crown a peaceful, relaxing cruise through the Lincolnshire countryside. Alison Alderton and Steve Elliott follow the route
The Strange Adventures of a House-Boat
Looking Back
On the final leg of their journey, Nameless Barge and its crew head onto the Severn Estuary, before taking in the River Avon and K&A. Roger Butler follows their progress
The Artful Boater
Reader's Story
London-based continuous-cruiser Chloe Allen is taking inspiration from across the network for her waterways watercolours. Amelia Saxena finds out more
Crick celebrates 25th Anniversary
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Your guide to Britain's Premier Canal Boat Event
Coal for the Sugar Works
Looking Back
Chris M. Jones investigates an image showing coal traffic passing through Maghull
The Floating Farmshop
Reader's Story
Boater and chef Naomi Cooper tells us how a jar of homemade jam launched the idea for her liveaboard life and roving business
Living History
Around the Waterways
WW looks at ways we can immerse ourselves in the social history of the inland waterways and recreate aspects of the lives of working boaters
Life by the BCN
Last Word
Andy Tidy looks at canalside life in the West Midlands between the wars
