Feature Articles
A day out on the Trent & Mersey and Caldon Canals
25 October 2012.
STOKE doesn’t pretend to be as attractive as Cornwall or the Cotswolds, nor does it bother garlanding its most grimy urban truths with fake sequins for tourists.
What a way to weed out the blockages
27 September 2012.
Our Scottish correspondent Hugh Dougherty takes a trip in a weed-busting boat.
The Wet Web: October 2012
27 September 2012.
Helen Gazeley goes in search of gadgets to keep those boat floors clean.
A day out on the Grand Western Canal
23 August 2012.
THE West Country is Mother Nature’s patch for scrumptious good produce. Fertile and sunny, it’s where the grass grows greener and the cows are creamier.
A day out on the Llangollen Canal
26 July 2012.
IMAGINE a world without cars – a lost time, a quieter place when the slow sounds of traffic clip-clopped with the unhurried rhythms of horses’ hooves.
The Wet Web: August 2012
26 July 2012.
Helen Gazeley finds a rich source of information about historic vessels
Olympic quest for Mercia moorers
20 July 2012.
PROUD parents Nigel and Ann Laybourne have been battling traffic congestion, diversions and the British weather to keep a very important appointment at the London 2012 Olympics.
Their daughter, Rachel Laybourne (30), is one of 12 British players to have been selected to represent the GB women’s indoor volleyball team, which plays its first match against Russia at London’s Earl’s Court on July 28.
A princely anniversary
28 June 2012.
Peter Underwood continues his occasional series on canal birthdays – this time marking the start of work on the Regent’s Canal in London rather than its completion a few years later. Why? Because the 2012 anniversary has come at a time when London is seeing another major project coming to fruition, the Olympics.
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