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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…

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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

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Floral Freedom

Liveaboard Life

Boater and florist Roka tells Amelia Saxena how she combined a successful flower business with life on the river

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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…

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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

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Carrying in the 1980s and '90s

Looking Back

John Tarry shares his comparatively recent images of boats at work on the Leicester Line 

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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

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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

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Between Staffs and Notts

Looking Back

Chris M. Jones explores images showing the cargoes once carried between Staffordshire and Nottinghamshire

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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

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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

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Keepers of Tradition

Working the Waterways

Howard Davies celebrates the important work of resident lock- and weir-keepers on the River Thames

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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

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